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Bates Park

Bates Park from directly overhead

Bates Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Angel and Baby Statue, a artwork 1.0 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.53484, -83.02445
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Friendship Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Hope Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Museums
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.5 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 3.7 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 4.0 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 5.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 20
  • Secret Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.5 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.7 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 13.8 mi
  • Mt Tom: 14.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 15.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 316°388 m16.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 335°375 m21.3 mi
Pine KnobNW 310°367 m22.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 319°351 m15.9 mi
Twombly MountainN 351°349 m21.4 mi
Mount JudahNW 311°345 m18.6 mi
Waterford HillWNW 302°342 m23.1 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 341°302 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch205 obs
  • Zebra Jumping Spider38 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Black Swallowtail21 obs
  • American Winter Ant20 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk19 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/806250819

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