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Pickett Park

Pickett Park from directly overhead

Pickett Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Richardson-Sowerby Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.11662, -85.56276

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • The Big Apple: 6.3 mi
  • Earth, Wind, and Fire: 8.3 mi
  • Virgin Mary: 8.4 mi
  • American Eagle: 8.4 mi
  • Long Island Buddha: 9.3 mi
Museums: 23
Nature reserves: 23
  • Brower Lake Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Knapp Corner Preserve: 7.7 mi
  • Veterans Nature Trail: 8.6 mi
  • Carl Creek Wetlands Preserve: 11.0 mi
  • Howard Christensen Nature Center: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 16
Gardens: 12
  • Flower & Sculpture Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 9.4 mi
  • Zen-Style Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Heirloom Vegetable Patch: 9.4 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 1.1 mi
  • Sawtooth Drop: 1.3 mi
  • Hilltop Stop: 1.6 mi
  • Boulder Jump: 1.6 mi
  • Caboose Museum Exhibit: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 2.1 mi
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Millennium Park Beach: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brady HillsNNE 28°313 m23.7 mi
Dias HillSSW 191°311 m22.5 mi
Cheney HillsNNE 19°291 m9.7 mi
Maple HillNNE 14°273 m17.9 mi
Bettes Tower HillWNW 288°260 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1719:55
June solstice06:0420:4321:26
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:1116:2417:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455766706961503829
Precip in2.61.82.63.84.23.83.23.33.14.13.52.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent City 2 SW, 12 mi away.

  • mayapple18 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • Mute Swan13 obs
  • box elder13 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit13 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle12 obs
  • sassafras12 obs
  • dame's rocket11 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/479562439

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