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Reflections Portal

Reflections Portal from directly overhead

Reflections Portal is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodward-7 Mile Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43063, -83.12471
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodward-7 Mile Park: 0.5 mi
  • Palmer Park: 0.6 mi
  • State Fair Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sherwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Belden-Santa Maria Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 0.7 mi
  • Woodward: 2.2 mi
  • Detroit July 1967: 3.9 mi
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Way Too Many: 1.6 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.7 mi
  • The Star Dream: 4.1 mi
  • Dance Chimes: 4.5 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 4.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 3.5 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 3.5 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 3.5 mi
  • Vultures: 3.6 mi
  • Tree Kangaroo: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 6.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.4 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.6 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt Tom: 10.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 19.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 342°388 m19.9 mi
Pine KnobNNW 330°367 m24.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 344°351 m19.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 335°345 m21.4 mi
Waterford HillNW 323°342 m24.2 mi
Fibber MountainN 2°302 m20.3 mi
Halsted HillWNW 289°297 m15.9 mi
Mt. SheldonN 2°290 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9545330537

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