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Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
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Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
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Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
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Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
DavidThack98 · CC BY 4.0
Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
DavidThack98 · CC BY 4.0
Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum in Michigan
DavidThack98 · CC BY 4.0

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Holocaust Memorial Center is a museum in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 294 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bristol Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.0 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, near Detroit, is Michigan's largest Holocaust museum.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1984.

Wikidata Q875265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
294 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.50190, -83.35960
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bristol Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Timbercrest Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Timbercrest Trails: 1.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Harmon Oaks Wood: 1.2 mi
  • Woodland Hills: 1.5 mi
  • Jacobs Drain: 2.1 mi
  • Robbie Gage Memorial Park Site: 2.8 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial Outdoor Classroom: 1.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 4.7 mi
  • KP's Memorial Grassy Knoll: 5.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Museums
  • Governor Warner Mansion: 2.7 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Historical Village at Greenmead: 5.4 mi
  • Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society: 5.6 mi
  • Cranbrook Art Museum: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 35
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 7.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Lone Pine Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 21
Rest areas: 3
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)W 276°405 m23.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)W 277°399 m23.0 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 22°388 m15.1 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 20°375 m22.9 mi
Pine KnobN 358°367 m16.7 mi
Enders HillNNW 344°366 m23.8 mi
Mount KanzerNW 304°351 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainNNE 25°351 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:33
December solstice08:0116:1817:04

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/243596621

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