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April Milsap Memorial Garden

April Milsap Memorial Garden from directly overhead

April Milsap Memorial Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Armada Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 25 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Macomb County
Getting there

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Coordinates42.83699, -82.88413
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Armada Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Armada Township Park: 1.1 mi
  • Armada Ridge Trailhead Park: 4.3 mi
  • Berville Lions Field: 4.9 mi
  • Crystal Diamonds Park: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Attractions: 46
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 34
Museums: 26
  • Capac community historical museum: 12.6 mi
  • Chesterfield Historic Village: 13.3 mi
  • Oakland Township Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 14.3 mi
  • Selfridge Air Museum: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 13
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • Eastwood Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Stony Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 10.6 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 11.4 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 11.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Frog Point: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWSW 244°388 m20.5 mi
Mount ChristieW 279°387 m22.6 mi
Grampian HillsW 264°375 m16.3 mi
Bald MountainWSW 243°351 m19.6 mi
Twombly MountainW 272°349 m10.3 mi
Mount JudahWSW 248°345 m22.8 mi
Fibber MountainSW 236°302 m14.0 mi
Mt. SheldonSW 236°290 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5420:3121:14
September equinox07:1918:5319:31
December solstice08:0016:1517:01

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232434465868737063513929
Precip in2.41.92.13.23.83.63.93.33.52.93.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond 4 NNW, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper7 obs
  • Red Admiral6 obs
  • Small White5 obs
  • Snowberry Clearwing5 obs
  • Striped Skunk4 obs
  • American Lady4 obs
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing4 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1228688314

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