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Wakefield Park

Wakefield Park from directly overhead

Wakefield Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Morenci Area Historical Society, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 160 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72094, -84.22182

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 8
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 12.5 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors of Fulton County Ohio: 12.8 mi
  • Fulton County War Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 15.7 mi
Museums: 6
Peaks: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Swanton Caboose: 19.7 mi
  • Fossil Park: 24.5 mi
  • Fitz Overshot Waterwheel: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Hosta Hillside: 22.2 mi
  • Kids Garden: 22.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Well: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeNW 324°387 m19.0 mi
Prospect HillN 355°372 m21.6 mi
Irish HillN 354°344 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:0320:3421:16
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0116:2517:10

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475969727062503929
Precip in2.32.32.83.64.13.83.83.83.12.93.02.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morenci, under a mile away.

  • Whooping Crane2 obs
  • Lesser Scaup2 obs
  • eastern redbud2 obs
  • American tuliptree2 obs
  • honey locust2 obs
  • Turkey Vulture1 obs
  • Mallard1 obs
  • Green-winged Teal1 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/253550753

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