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Rust Park

Rust Park from directly overhead

Rust Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 247 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Physician's Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 27 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
247 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Grand Blanc Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.93600, -83.62932
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Physician's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Grand Blanc Commons: 0.7 mi
  • Perry Homestead: 1.3 mi
  • Rick Hartker Soccer Field: 2.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 54
Nature reserves: 27
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Holly: 8.2 mi
  • Enders Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 10.6 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 11.3 mi
  • Kerr Hill: 12.4 mi
Museums: 16
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 6.4 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 6.6 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Fenton House: 10.2 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Old Homestead: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Day Camp Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 5.2 mi
  • South Shore Beach: 10.2 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Clover Beach: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 17.4 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 8.7 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 12.1 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 15.2 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 16.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Stainless Steel Butterfly: 10.5 mi
  • Welcome: 14.7 mi
  • PLRA Metal Bike Sign: 20.5 mi
  • Waterford Police Statue: 22.0 mi
  • Main Street Art: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • West Shelter: 20.5 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 103°387 m15.8 mi
Grampian HillsESE 111°375 m23.1 mi
Kerr HillESE 103°367 m12.4 mi
Pine KnobSE 135°367 m18.7 mi
Enders HillSE 135°366 m10.1 mi
Mount KanzerS 176°351 m21.9 mi
Mount OmichS 174°347 m21.3 mi
Mount JudahSE 133°345 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0919:47
June solstice05:5620:3421:18
September equinox07:2218:5619:34
December solstice08:0316:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767706962503929
Precip in2.21.52.03.03.73.13.73.23.02.72.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodrich, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail27 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel25 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird13 obs
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/702573309

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