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Upton House Museum

Upton House Museum from directly overhead

Upton House Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarah's Heirloom, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sterling Heights

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59154, -83.01147

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Dodge Park: 0.1 mi
  • Clinton River Park: 0.2 mi
  • Farmstead Park: 0.6 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.9 mi
  • Kenneth L. Wolf Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 0.4 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 5.1 mi
  • AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 9.5 mi
  • WWII Cannon: 9.6 mi
  • NIKE Hercules Missile: 9.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums: 59
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.9 mi
  • Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 5.0 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 58
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 10.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.7 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.1 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 303°388 m14.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 328°375 m18.2 mi
Pine KnobWNW 300°367 m21.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 306°351 m13.7 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 347°349 m17.7 mi
Mount JudahWNW 300°345 m16.8 mi
Waterford HillWNW 292°342 m21.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 331°302 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1084268258

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