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Willson Park

Willson Park from directly overhead

Willson Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 98 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
221 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.01794, -83.68815
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Exploration Park: 0.2 mi
  • Riverbank Park, Marketstalls Block: 0.2 mi
  • Riverbank Park Archimedes Screw Block: 0.2 mi
Museums: 17
  • Whaley House Musuem: 0.3 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 0.8 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
  • Fenton House: 15.2 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Dead Man's Pass: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Holly: 14.5 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 15.5 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 16.1 mi
  • Enders Hill: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 8
  • South Shore Beach: 7.8 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 9.7 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 10.4 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 12.8 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.6 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 117°387 m20.5 mi
Kerr HillESE 119°367 m17.2 mi
Pine KnobSE 139°367 m24.9 mi
Enders HillSE 142°366 m16.3 mi
Mount HollySSE 155°340 m14.5 mi
Genesee County High PointS 185°315 m16.1 mi
Hog IslandWSW 245°259 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0416:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.71.93.43.73.13.43.32.93.02.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint 7W, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Forktail18 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • Ivory Gull11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
  • European Paper Wasp8 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • House Sparrow7 obs
  • Monarch7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/281234237

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