Bassett Park
Bassett Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Church of Christ Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 194 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Decorative Garden: 3.0 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 4.6 mi
- Kenwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Marks Park: 0.3 mi
- VFW Park: 0.5 mi
- Edison Park: 0.6 mi
- Whittier Park: 0.6 mi
- The Star Dream: 1.0 mi
- Dance Chimes: 2.6 mi
- Reflections Portal: 4.2 mi
- Public Art: 5.5 mi
- Way Too Many: 5.7 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 1.7 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 1.8 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 1.8 mi
- Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Red Panda Forest: 1.9 mi
- Sloth: 2.0 mi
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 2.4 mi
- Clawson Historical Museum: 3.3 mi
- Polish Cultural Center: 4.4 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 2.7 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 3.5 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Governor Alex J. Grosebeck Historic Marker: 4.2 mi
- GM Technical Center Historic Marker: 4.2 mi
- Quickstad Park: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 7.7 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 8.0 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.2 mi
- Secret Beach: 11.2 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 11.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 12.6 mi
- Hipster Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 9.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 15.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 15.9 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 1.8 mi
- Otter picnic site: 1.8 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 1.8 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 1.8 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bassett Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 337° | 388 m | 16.0 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 350° | 375 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 324° | 367 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 340° | 351 m | 15.9 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | N 4° | 349 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 330° | 345 m | 17.6 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 316° | 342 m | 21.0 mi |
| Teeple Hill | WNW 294° | 336 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 8 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal405 obs
- American Goldfinch383 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird377 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco368 obs
- Blue Jay335 obs
- Downy Woodpecker330 obs
- Baltimore Oriole326 obs
- Monarch292 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/470448709
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