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Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum

Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum from directly overhead

Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fargo-Oakfield Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45418, -83.21808
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 2.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.7 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 3.2 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 3.2 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 3.3 mi
  • Wolverine: 3.3 mi
  • Seal: 3.3 mi
Museums
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.9 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.3 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.4 mi
Peaks: 17
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 355°388 m17.3 mi
Grampian HillsN 2°375 m24.8 mi
Pine KnobNNW 339°367 m21.4 mi
Bald MountainN 358°351 m17.6 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 301°351 m22.4 mi
Mount OmichWNW 303°347 m22.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 347°345 m18.3 mi
Waterford HillNNW 331°342 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9971140501

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