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Quickstad Park

Quickstad Park from directly overhead

Quickstad Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Worden Park East, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
202 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.52340, -83.15613

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Turtle Woods Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.2 mi
  • Ruby Green Space Property: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 7.2 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 13.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 340°388 m13.3 mi
Grampian HillsN 353°375 m20.2 mi
Pine KnobNW 325°367 m18.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 344°351 m13.3 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 287°351 m23.4 mi
Twombly MountainN 9°349 m22.2 mi
Mount OmichWNW 289°347 m23.0 mi
Mount JudahNNW 331°345 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 9 mi away.

  • bloodroot64 obs
  • yellow trout lily50 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • wild geranium40 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty39 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • Celandine Poppy37 obs
  • Monarch36 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/39821769

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