Park · Michigan
Roethke Park
Roethke Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. The nearest named place is Feldt-Houthoofd Waterfall, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 74 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates43.41327, -84.10486
- 73.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Roberts Park: 1.9 mi
- Imerman Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- West Michigan Park: 3.8 mi
- Harvey Randall Wickes Recreation Complex: 4.1 mi
- Berberovich Park: 4.6 mi
Museums: 28
- Theodore Roethke House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Saginaw Railway Museum: 6.0 mi
- Hemlock Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Saginaw Art Museum: 7.6 mi
- Mid-Michigan Children's Museum: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 15
- Saginaw Art Museum Garden: 7.6 mi
- Circle Area Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 16.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 16.1 mi
- Stream Walk: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Feldt-Houthoofd Waterfall: 0.0 mi
- Al Kaner: 11.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Monument: 16.5 mi
- Veterans Park War Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Gratitude to God ...: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 8
- Dolphan Statue: 8.3 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 9.9 mi
- I LOVE SVSU: 10.1 mi
- Annual Ring: 10.2 mi
- Family Sculpture: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 7
- Wildlife Blind: 10.6 mi
- Boardwalk: 10.8 mi
- Wildlife Blind: 10.9 mi
- Rope Swing: 15.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Bay City Rest Area 605: 11.4 mi
- Linwood Rest Area 626: 24.5 mi
- Clio Rest Area 612: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Chippewa Nature Center: 15.8 mi
- Shiawassee River Plant Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Averill Reserve: 21.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:17 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saginaw #3, 8 mi away.
- Common Merganser8 obs
- American Tree Sparrow4 obs
- Ring-billed Gull3 obs
- Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp3 obs
- Tundra Swan2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- wild geranium2 obs
- sassafras2 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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