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Baumgartner Park

Baumgartner Park from directly overhead

Baumgartner Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas L. Chappelle Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.2 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Sterling Heights
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.55089, -82.99643
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
  • Upton House Museum: 2.9 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 3.6 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.8 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 5.5 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens: 57
  • Hope Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Secret Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.7 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.2 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 13.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.3 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 310°388 m16.6 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 330°375 m21.0 mi
Pine KnobNW 305°367 m23.1 mi
Bald MountainNW 313°351 m16.1 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 347°349 m20.6 mi
Mount JudahNW 306°345 m19.0 mi
Waterford HillWNW 298°342 m23.8 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 334°302 m13.3 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 solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Peck's Skipper11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Wild Turkey8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver7 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider7 obs
  • Japanese Beetle7 obs
  • Blue Jay6 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/697514419

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