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Shadbush Master Gardens

Shadbush Master Gardens from directly overhead

Shadbush Master Gardens is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 9.7 miles off. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.65108, -83.07074
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 0.0 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 4.8 mi
  • Pines Jump Line: 5.1 mi
  • Old Tennis Court: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Woodall Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • River Bends Park: 0.7 mi
  • Holland Ponds: 1.0 mi
  • Helen V. Allen Park: 1.5 mi
  • Chief Gene Shepherd Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Turtle Woods Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Childress Green Space Property: 3.7 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 3.8 mi
  • Rivercrest Green Space Property: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 58
Museums: 54
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.2 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Mt. Sheldon: 5.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 9.7 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 12.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.9 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.0 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.0 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 292°388 m9.7 mi
Mount ChristieNW 321°387 m20.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 329°375 m13.1 mi
Pine KnobWNW 293°367 m16.4 mi
Kerr HillNW 316°367 m23.4 mi
Enders HillWNW 301°366 m24.6 mi
Bald MountainWNW 296°351 m9.0 mi
Twombly MountainN 356°349 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
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 °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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage90 obs
  • bloodroot63 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty63 obs
  • large white trillium55 obs
  • dame's rocket54 obs
  • American sycamore43 obs
  • mayapple40 obs
  • autumn olive40 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/197278321

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