W. J. Hayes State Park
W. J. Hayes State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 295 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Lake Public Access, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 165 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 295 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 165.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Lake Public Access: 1.3 mi
- Hidden Lake Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Cambridge Junction Roadside Park: 3.6 mi
- Loch Erin park: 3.9 mi
- Watkins Lake State Park: 4.1 mi
- Frances Broehl Memorial No. 1 Nature Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Watkins Lake County Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Columbia Nature Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Leonard Preserve: 7.4 mi
- River Raisin Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Fitz Overshot Waterwheel: 11.2 mi
- Sky Miles: 18.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 18.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 18.5 mi
- The Upside Down: 18.6 mi
- Wallsocket Horseshoe: 13.1 mi
- Beverley Simmons Bunny: 17.6 mi
- Reality T.V.: 17.6 mi
- Summer Night Tree: 18.5 mi
- Grow: 18.8 mi
- Lenawee County Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 13.2 mi
- The Lost Railway Museum: 13.3 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 16.3 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 17.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 6.7 mi
- Irish Hill: 7.5 mi
- Hatt Hill: 14.6 mi
- Bundy Hill: 16.6 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 16.6 mi
- White Deer of Tecumseh: 11.0 mi
- Woodstock Manual Labor Institute: 11.6 mi
- Historical monuments, war veterans: 13.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Hosta Hillside: 2.9 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 17.7 mi
- Holy Faith Food Garden: 19.5 mi
- Saline Rec Center Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Grewal Park Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Trestle Park Comfort Station: 12.4 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 23.0 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- River Grove Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Artesian Well: 11.5 mi
- Cross Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of W. J. Hayes State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | WSW 241° | 387 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bundy Hill | W 267° | 381 m | 16.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 249° | 372 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hatt Hill | WNW 295° | 348 m | 14.6 mi |
| Irish Hill | WSW 241° | 344 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | N 8° | 344 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | NNW 347° | 338 m | 16.6 mi |
| Big Kame | N 7° | 328 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:34 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:23 | 17:09 |
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 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tipton 2wnw, 3 mi away.
- Mute Swan6 obs
- American Robin6 obs
- common milkweed6 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage5 obs
- American cancer-root5 obs
- pointed-leaved tick-trefoil5 obs
- Common Watersnake4 obs
- Painted Turtle4 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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