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Silver Lake Park

Silver Lake Park from directly overhead

Silver Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pier 38 Dog Park, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 113 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Fenton
Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.79459, -83.74677
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pier 38 Dog Park: 0.7 mi
  • Silver Lake Hills Dog Park: 0.9 mi
  • Conklin Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fenton Community Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 25
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • West Shelter: 17.4 mi
  • Windfall Hill: 17.7 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Spring Hill Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Beaches: 23
  • Clover Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Beach: 16.1 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Fenton House: 2.1 mi
  • Old Homestead: 4.2 mi
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 19
Museums: 15
  • A. J. Phillips Museum, Fenton Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Old Mill Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Howell Area Historical Society: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 14.5 mi
  • Milford Community Gardens - Growing Greens: 16.1 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 2.9 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 13.1 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 13.7 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)S 190°405 m18.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)S 190°399 m17.9 mi
Mount ChristieENE 74°387 m22.2 mi
Kerr HillENE 69°367 m19.4 mi
Pine KnobE 100°367 m19.5 mi
Enders HillENE 79°366 m13.3 mi
Mount KanzerSSE 148°351 m14.3 mi
Mount OmichSE 144°347 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5720:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0316:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433455766706861503928
Precip in2.41.92.03.23.83.43.53.33.13.32.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Linden Wwtp, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed5 obs
  • American Toad5 obs
  • Northern Cardinal4 obs
  • ground-ivy4 obs
  • lesser periwinkle4 obs
  • common reed4 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper4 obs
  • black raspberry4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/259815592

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