- Elevation, modelled
- 257 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Oakland Heights Landfill388 m · 9.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail0.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:15local time
- Coordinates
- 42.5697, -83.2455
Sundial Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled 257 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Herb Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sundial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | N 360° | 388 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Christie | N 349° | 387 m | 22.1 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 7° | 375 m | 17.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 332° | 367 m | 13.5 mi |
| Kerr Hill | NNW 342° | 367 m | 23.7 mi |
| Enders Hill | NW 326° | 366 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 5° | 351 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | W 281° | 351 m | 18.2 mi |
- 0.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage TrailNational
Named places within 25 miles
- Herb Garden: 0.0 mi
- The Sunken Garden: 0.0 mi
- The Sunken Garden: 0.0 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
- Jade Bodhisattva: 0.0 mi
- Ecolo: 0.0 mi
- Shepherdess: 0.0 mi
- Dawn: 0.0 mi
- Shepherd: 0.0 mi
- Cranbrook House and Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Cranbrook Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Birmingham Museum: 2.0 mi
- Franklin Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Troy Historic Village: 4.9 mi
- Quarton Tennis Courts: 1.3 mi
- Outlot Park: 1.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.5 mi
- Lone Pine Road Estates Park: 1.8 mi
- Baldwin Well Site: 2.0 mi
- Smith House: 1.3 mi
- Hill School Bell: 2.1 mi
- Birmingham Ice Arena: 3.5 mi
- H - Hickory & Oak Forest: 3.8 mi
- G - Meadow: 3.8 mi
- Freedom of the Human Spirit: 2.2 mi
- Public Art: 2.7 mi
- Sasquatch: 4.4 mi
- The End of the Indian Trail: 6.1 mi
- West Bloomfield Reeds: 6.5 mi
- E.L. Johnson Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Quickstad Park: 5.6 mi
- Ruby Green Space Property: 6.1 mi
- Jacobs Drain: 6.2 mi
- American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Rose Sortor Gazebo: 5.6 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.8 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 7.8 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 7.8 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 0.2 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 4.0 mi
- Aero View Beach: 9.4 mi
- Westacres Beach: 9.4 mi
- Cebia Beach: 9.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 4.2 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 9.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 10.0 mi
- Mount Judah: 10.2 mi
- The High Banks: 21.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 22.5 mi
- Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 5 mi away.
- Mallard23 obs
- Painted Turtle22 obs
- lesser periwinkle20 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- White-tailed Deer19 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
- Wild Turkey15 obs
- Great Blue Heron14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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