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Taylor Park

Taylor Park from directly overhead

Taylor Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 261 m. Briar Hill stands 410 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Westfield Meadows Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
261 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74731, -85.76342

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westfield Meadows Park: 0.3 mi
  • Haywood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gilbert Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stricker Park: 1.1 mi
  • Crescent Shores Boat Launch Site: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Gallagher Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Exodus Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Hickory Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Morgan Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Wayne Hill: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 25
Museums: 23
Attractions: 17
  • The Cistern: 5.7 mi
  • World's Largest Cherry Pie - Pan: 6.8 mi
  • Suspendend Overlook: 7.5 mi
  • Rope Swing: 8.0 mi
  • S-Curve: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 5.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887: 7.0 mi
  • Larry Cole Hardy: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Pollinator Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Traverse City Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Koeze Stable Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Secret Garden: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 11
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • Dodge Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Marl Springs: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Benzonia Roadside Park: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillS 169°410 m24.6 mi
Exodus HillENE 63°370 m3.0 mi
Gallagher HillNE 39°355 m2.8 mi
Varney HillWNW 290°337 m6.0 mi
Champion HillWSW 241°337 m14.9 mi
Twin MountainsS 187°332 m13.4 mi
Crystal MountainSW 217°332 m19.3 mi
Warner HillW 280°331 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1719:56
June solstice05:5820:4821:33
September equinox07:3119:0419:42
December solstice08:1816:1717:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222230415464696860483727
Precip in2.72.02.13.43.42.92.83.23.64.13.22.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Traverse City Munson, 6 mi away.

  • Oregon grape22 obs
  • common milkweed14 obs
  • American groundnut14 obs
  • American beech13 obs
  • eastern hemlock12 obs
  • swamp loosestrife12 obs
  • Common Loon11 obs
  • Ghost Pipe11 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/772558517

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