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Heritage Garden

Heritage Garden from directly overhead

Heritage Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Senior Citizen Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Shelby Gardeners Club/Shelby Charter Township
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68233, -83.03013
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Senior Citizen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lombardo Park: 1.9 mi
  • Macomb Orchard Trail: 2.2 mi
  • Macomb Orchard Trail: 2.4 mi
  • Franklin Meadows: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Old Tennis Court: 4.9 mi
  • Shelden Estate Wall: 4.9 mi
  • Gravel Pit: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 59
Gardens: 57
Museums: 52
Beaches: 18
  • Secret Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 15.9 mi
Peaks: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 15.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 15.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 15.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 16.3 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 20.2 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 21.8 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.5 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillW 278°388 m11.1 mi
Mount ChristieNW 313°387 m20.5 mi
Grampian HillsNW 316°375 m12.6 mi
Pine KnobWNW 284°367 m17.7 mi
Kerr HillNW 309°367 m23.5 mi
Bald MountainW 280°351 m10.3 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 345°349 m11.3 mi
Mount JudahW 279°345 m13.8 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 solstice08:0016:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee58 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • Northern Cardinal49 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird47 obs
  • House Sparrow40 obs
  • American Toad39 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • Monarch35 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/1075159754

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