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Rayner Park

Rayner Park from directly overhead

Rayner Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. Cassidy Kame stands 344 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Laylin Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 134 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Mason

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57329, -84.43133

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • deer: 8.3 mi
  • Totem Pole: 10.3 mi
  • Pegasus: 10.4 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 10.5 mi
  • Sun Seed: 10.5 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 47
Gardens: 27
  • Dart Tribute Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Der Happy Hallow Garden: 3.0 mi
  • North School Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Backyard Gardens: 11.0 mi
Museums: 22
  • Mason Area Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Leslie Area Historical Society & Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame: 10.6 mi
  • Williamston Depot Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Meridian Historical Village: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 12
Rest areas: 11
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.5 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.5 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 7.3 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 14.4 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cassidy KameSE 131°344 m23.5 mi
Sackrider HillSSE 149°338 m21.9 mi
Big KameSE 128°328 m22.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillSE 134°327 m23.1 mi
Stofer HillSE 126°321 m23.3 mi
Teaspoon HillS 184°320 m6.4 mi
Prospect HillESE 120°318 m22.5 mi
Shanahan HillSE 125°317 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0516:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 8 mi away.

  • Monarch23 obs
  • American Goldfinch18 obs
  • Western Honey Bee12 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler12 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider11 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker11 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird10 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/588477820

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