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Berg-Lahser Community Garden

Berg-Lahser Community Garden from directly overhead

Berg-Lahser Community Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is God's Graceland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Berg-Lahser Community Association
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43093, -83.26764
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • God's Graceland Park: 0.1 mi
  • Grayfield-Glenhurst Park: 0.2 mi
  • Seven Mile-Appleton Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Rogell Park: 0.4 mi
  • Markulis Playground: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Rock Garden: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 1.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Ockham's Wedge: 3.2 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 5.2 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 5.3 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 5.9 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 3.4 mi
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 5.4 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.9 mi
  • Foust Pond & Nest Island: 6.0 mi
  • A - Pavilion: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 43
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 6.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 6.3 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 6.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Berg-Lahser Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 3°388 m18.9 mi
Pine KnobNNW 347°367 m22.2 mi
Bald MountainN 6°351 m19.3 mi
Mount KanzerNW 308°351 m21.2 mi
Mount OmichNW 310°347 m21.2 mi
Mount JudahN 355°345 m19.5 mi
Waterford HillNNW 339°342 m20.7 mi
Teeple HillNW 314°336 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • Black Swallowtail8 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Western Honey Bee7 obs
  • Peck's Skipper7 obs
  • Canada Goose6 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper6 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/1191882136

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