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Eastpointe Community Garden

Eastpointe Community Garden from directly overhead

Eastpointe Community Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rein Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.5 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Urban Seed
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46529, -82.95181
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rein Park: 0.4 mi
  • Saint Basil Park: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • JFK Park: 0.9 mi
  • Goetz Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 3.1 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
  • Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Hamtramck Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 51
  • Friendship Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Hope Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 5.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 18.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 22.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 318°388 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainNW 320°351 m22.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 314°345 m24.6 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 336°302 m19.7 mi
Halsted HillW 277°297 m24.0 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 335°290 m19.6 mi
Mt TomWNW 283°257 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail44 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Western Honey Bee14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle13 obs
  • Red Admiral12 obs
  • Small White12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1361297681

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