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Wickes Park

Wickes Park from directly overhead

Wickes Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. The nearest named place is Saginaw River Headwaters Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 74 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39039, -83.96235

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saginaw River Headwaters Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Greenpoint Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Derby Downs: 1.2 mi
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service: 1.4 mi
  • Frank N. Andersen Celebration Park: 1.5 mi
Museums: 29
Gardens: 16
  • Saginaw Art Museum Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Circle Area Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Secret Garden: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Dolphan Statue: 5.6 mi
  • I LOVE SVSU: 8.5 mi
  • Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 8.5 mi
  • Annual Ring: 8.6 mi
  • Family Sculpture: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Wildlife Blind: 4.5 mi
  • Boardwalk: 4.6 mi
  • Wildlife Blind: 4.8 mi
  • Silent Night Chapel: 12.6 mi
  • Rope Swing: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Bay City Rest Area 605: 9.6 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 18.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Dead Man's Pass: 19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice05:5620:3721:21
September equinox07:2418:5719:35
December solstice08:0616:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465868727163513929
Precip in2.21.92.03.63.63.53.43.52.72.92.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saginaw #3, 2 mi away.

  • Green Frog11 obs
  • Mourning Dove10 obs
  • Mallard10 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • House Sparrow8 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk5 obs
  • Common Whitetail5 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/632730953

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