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Tienken Road Park

Tienken Road Park from directly overhead

Tienken Road Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookdale Woods Open Space, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Rochester Hills
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.69546, -83.20088
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brookdale Woods Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Eugene S. Nowicki Park: 0.5 mi
  • Judson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Shadow Woods Park: 0.8 mi
  • Festival Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 1.7 mi
  • Heron Springs: 2.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Wet Prairie: 3.1 mi
  • Rivercrest Green Space Property: 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Waterfall Pointe: 3.2 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 3.2 mi
  • Step Pools: 3.2 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 3.9 mi
  • Rochester Cider Mill: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Newberry Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Shelden Estate: 4.8 mi
  • Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu: 5.2 mi
  • Orion Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 51
Peaks: 23
Beaches: 19
  • Baypoint Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Secret Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 9.3 mi
  • West Shelter: 12.6 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 14.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 21.5 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.0 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 285°388 m2.4 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 334°387 m14.5 mi
Grampian HillsN 359°375 m8.1 mi
Pine KnobWNW 291°367 m9.2 mi
Kerr HillNW 325°367 m16.9 mi
Enders HillWNW 303°366 m17.4 mi
Bald MountainWNW 301°351 m1.7 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 256°351 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/699150954

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