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Anthony Park

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Anthony Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Belton-Mark Twain Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.7 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34837, -83.18272

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belton-Mark Twain Park: 0.4 mi
  • ITC Maple Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wolf Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tireman-Littlefield: 0.8 mi
  • Arther Basse Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.2 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 4.3 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 5.5 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 5.6 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 6.1 mi
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 4.5 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Frontier Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 4.0 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 4.2 mi
  • March On: 4.4 mi
  • Detroit: 4.5 mi
  • Of Course, Of Course: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 9.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.9 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.0 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 15.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Mt Tom: 13.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 24.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 352°388 m24.8 mi
Bald MountainN 355°351 m25.0 mi
Halsted HillNW 312°297 m16.2 mi
Mt TomNNW 334°257 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, under a mile away.

  • dense blazing star25 obs
  • Black Swallowtail16 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake13 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake11 obs
  • Common Garter Snake10 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/327153431

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