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River Road Park

River Road Park from directly overhead

River Road Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Enders Hill stands 366 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. River Road Scenic Byway passes 95 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.05865, -83.83814

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
  • Flushing Area Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 8.2 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 8.5 mi
  • Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 8
  • Vinyard: 15.6 mi
  • Silent Night Chapel: 18.2 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 19.0 mi
  • Boardwalk: 19.2 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Dead Man's Pass: 9.8 mi
  • Hog Island: 19.7 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 19.9 mi
  • Mount Nethaway: 20.3 mi
  • Mount Holly: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • South Shore Beach: 14.4 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Clover Beach: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 6.7 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 7.7 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Enders HillSE 131°366 m23.6 mi
Mount HollySE 139°340 m21.1 mi
Genesee County High PointSSE 162°315 m19.9 mi
Mount NethawaySW 236°267 m20.3 mi
Hog IslandSW 228°259 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1019:48
June solstice05:5720:3621:19
September equinox07:2318:5719:35
December solstice08:0416:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.71.93.43.73.13.43.32.93.02.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint 7W, 4 mi away.

  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher9 obs
  • Green Frog6 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle6 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • eastern redbud5 obs
  • American pokeweed5 obs
  • common selfheal5 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/778376668

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