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GM Technical Center Historic Marker

GM Technical Center Historic Marker from directly overhead

GM Technical Center Historic Marker is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Governor Alex J. Grosebeck Historic Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
An American icon of modern architecture, the General Motors (GM) Technical Center stands as a model corporate research and development park. Thirty-one buildings were constructed between 1949 and 1985. Conceived in 1944 by Board of Directors Chairman Alfr
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Coordinates42.51174, -83.04618
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Decorative Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Hope Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 12.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 14.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 323°388 m16.8 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 339°375 m22.3 mi
Pine KnobNW 314°367 m22.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 326°351 m16.5 mi
Twombly MountainN 355°349 m22.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 317°345 m18.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 307°342 m23.1 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 347°302 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10031982147

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