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Ecolo

Ecolo from directly overhead

Ecolo is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 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.

What the record says

Inscription
Ecolo, Goddess of Earth

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56954, -83.24503

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 0.0 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 0.0 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Sundial Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Bog Garden: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Jade Bodhisattva: 0.0 mi
  • Shepherdess: 0.0 mi
  • Dawn: 0.1 mi
  • Shepherd: 0.1 mi
  • Weeping Zeus: 0.1 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Quarton Tennis Courts: 1.2 mi
  • Outlot Park: 1.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Road Estates Park: 1.9 mi
  • Baldwin Well Site: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Smith House: 1.4 mi
  • Hill School Bell: 2.0 mi
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 3.4 mi
  • H - Hickory & Oak Forest: 3.8 mi
  • G - Meadow: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 32
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 5.6 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 7.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 23
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 360°388 m9.3 mi
Mount ChristieN 349°387 m22.2 mi
Grampian HillsN 7°375 m17.0 mi
Pine KnobNNW 332°367 m13.6 mi
Kerr HillNNW 342°367 m23.8 mi
Enders HillNW 326°366 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainN 5°351 m9.6 mi
Mount KanzerW 281°351 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6469244752

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