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Abandoned Dragline Excavator

Abandoned Dragline Excavator from directly overhead

Abandoned Dragline Excavator is an attraction in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmstead Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Large, abandoned piece of machinery that has resided here since about the late 1950s. When functional, it dug trenches and such for local farmers. Today, it serves as a landmark of sorts, as it is covered in tags and graffiti.

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Coordinates42.59720, -83.01177
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Farmstead Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dodge Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clinton River Park: 0.3 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fairview Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 60
  • Upton House Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 4.6 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 5.1 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.1 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 4.8 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 9.4 mi
  • AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 9.5 mi
  • WWII Cannon: 9.5 mi
  • NIKE Hercules Missile: 9.5 mi
Gardens: 58
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.0 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.0 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 17.9 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 302°388 m14.0 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 327°375 m17.8 mi
Pine KnobWNW 299°367 m20.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 305°351 m13.5 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 347°349 m17.3 mi
Mount JudahWNW 299°345 m16.6 mi
Waterford HillWNW 291°342 m21.8 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 330°302 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 10 mi away.

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12463369203

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