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Park Lyndon County Park

Park Lyndon County Park from directly overhead

Park Lyndon County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kame Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 143 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38356, -84.06339

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Double Trouble: 1.2 mi
  • Air Time: 1.2 mi
  • Skull: 1.2 mi
  • Carl's Locust Bridge: 1.3 mi
  • Burm-a Ridges: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 4.7 mi
  • Timber Town Park: 4.7 mi
  • Palmer Commons: 5.2 mi
  • Gregory Park: 5.3 mi
  • Cavanaugh Lake County Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 27
Picnic sites: 27
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 23
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 10.5 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 12.0 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 16
Rest areas: 6
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 16.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 16.2 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Park Lyndon County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NE 51°405 m16.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NE 50°399 m16.9 mi
Hatt HillSW 227°348 m23.1 mi
Cassidy KameSSW 202°344 m2.4 mi
Sackrider HillSW 233°338 m9.3 mi
Big KameWSW 236°328 m1.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillSW 217°327 m3.7 mi
Stofer HillS 180°321 m0.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:49
June solstice06:0020:3521:17
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0316:2217:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 5 mi away.

  • northern spicebush41 obs
  • rue anemone40 obs
  • Green Frog32 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica30 obs
  • Chalk-fronted Corporal24 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage23 obs
  • marsh marigold22 obs
  • Common Whitetail21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/343112382

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