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Sunset Park

Sunset Park from directly overhead

Sunset Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.41818, -83.34364
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Sunset Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Beverly Park: 0.3 mi
  • Parkview Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 1.0 mi
  • Broadmoor Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 2.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 3.6 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.6 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.6 mi
  • The Giving Tree: 4.8 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Rose Garden + Eye Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Halsted Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mt Tom: 7.6 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Peak 1083: 18.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 21.1 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 14°388 m20.4 mi
Pine KnobN 357°367 m22.5 mi
Mount KanzerNW 317°351 m19.0 mi
Bald MountainNNE 16°351 m20.9 mi
Mount OmichNW 320°347 m19.1 mi
Mount JudahN 6°345 m20.4 mi
Waterford HillN 350°342 m20.5 mi
Teeple HillNW 324°336 m18.2 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 solstice08:0016:1917:04

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/307816855

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