Mounds Recreation Area
Mounds Recreation Area is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Goldenrod Disc Course, a park 2.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 90 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Off road vehicle recreation area.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Genesee County Parks
How to reach it
- 89.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goldenrod Disc Course: 2.2 mi
- Huckleberry Railroad & Crossroads Village: 2.6 mi
- Genessee County Recreational Area: 2.7 mi
- Richfield County Park: 2.7 mi
- Otisville Veteran's Park: 4.1 mi
- Davison Area Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Wolley Dentist Building: 7.4 mi
- Clio Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Buick Automotive Gallery: 8.4 mi
- Sloan Museum: 8.6 mi
- Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Burton Veterans' Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 14.6 mi
- Chippewa Indian Memorial: 15.8 mi
- White Cedar Swamps Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Petite Wetland Plant Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Myron and Isabel Zucker Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
- Audubon Park: 15.2 mi
- Fish Lake Enviromental Education Center: 17.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 4.1 mi
- North Shore Beach: 4.3 mi
- Buttercup Beach: 6.0 mi
- Day Camp Beach: 18.2 mi
- Overnight Beach: 18.3 mi
- Dead Man's Pass: 7.7 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 17.5 mi
- Kerr Hill: 18.8 mi
- Mount Holly: 20.8 mi
- Enders Hill: 21.0 mi
- Vinyard: 14.7 mi
- Silent Night Chapel: 14.8 mi
- Michigan Renaissance Festival: 19.6 mi
- Wildlife Blind: 21.9 mi
- Boardwalk: 22.0 mi
- Art Miles Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 15.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 24.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.4 mi
- Hana's Garden: 25.0 mi
- Clio Rest Area 612: 9.4 mi
- Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 18.1 mi
- Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 20.4 mi
- Fenton Rest Area 624: 21.5 mi
- Welcome: 14.9 mi
- Stainless Steel Butterfly: 23.8 mi
- Stepping Stone Falls: 4.6 mi
- The High Banks: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mounds Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Christie | SE 142° | 387 m | 21.3 mi |
| Kerr Hill | SSE 148° | 367 m | 18.8 mi |
| Enders Hill | SSE 166° | 366 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Holly | S 177° | 340 m | 20.8 mi |
| Genesee County High Point | SSW 196° | 315 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:35 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:16 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burton 4N, 4 mi away.
- Common Merganser16 obs
- Canada Goose9 obs
- Bald Eagle7 obs
- Hooded Merganser6 obs
- Common Goldeneye5 obs
- Virginia Opossum3 obs
- common milkweed3 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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