Wayside Recreation Site
Wayside Recreation Site is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Mount Tom stands 445 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph Pillars Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Consumers Energy
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Westgate Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
74 named places within 25 miles
- Joseph Pillars Park: 0.2 mi
- Smith Lake Park: 4.9 mi
- Boney Park: 6.1 mi
- Luzerne Park: 6.9 mi
- Snow Valley: 10.3 mi
- Mio Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mount Tom: 5.8 mi
- Timberline Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Schrauger Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Auger Hill: 14.7 mi
- Our Lady of the Woods Shrine: 0.7 mi
- Kirtland's Warbler Monument: 0.9 mi
- Pink Elephant Statue: 1.0 mi
- Stone Native American Head: 9.0 mi
- ADA Hunting Blind: 17.5 mi
- Camp Lunden: 15.5 mi
- Congregational United Church of Christ: 17.7 mi
- St Helens Vetrens manoument: 24.1 mi
- Big Rock: 24.3 mi
- Veterans Monuments: 24.4 mi
- McCollum Lake Public Water Access Site: 13.6 mi
- Rifle Lake Public Access: 18.9 mi
- Rifle River State Recreation Area: 19.4 mi
- Loon Lake Nature Park: 23.3 mi
- Steiner Museum: 7.5 mi
- Skyline Event Center: 9.0 mi
- Blockhouse: 10.5 mi
- Loon Lake Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
- Island Lake Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- TP: 10.5 mi
- Boiling Springs: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wayside Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tom | N 360° | 445 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wagon Wheel Hill | SSW 192° | 445 m | 14.9 mi |
| Comstock Hills | NW 326° | 439 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | WNW 284° | 426 m | 18.0 mi |
| Preachers Hill | SSW 202° | 424 m | 23.3 mi |
| Auger Hill | SSE 154° | 421 m | 14.7 mi |
| Brants Hill | SW 232° | 406 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sinkhole Hill | WSW 237° | 393 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:41 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:11 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MIO Hydro PLT, under a mile away.
- Spongy Moth10 obs
- balsam fir9 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth9 obs
- orange hawkweed9 obs
- Wild Turkey8 obs
- Eastern Hognose Snake8 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing8 obs
- pink lady's slipper7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1107755042
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