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Bear Creek Nature Park

Bear Creek Nature Park from directly overhead

Bear Creek Nature Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Paint Creek Cider Mill, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.4 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
283 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.73522, -83.15538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paint Creek Cider Mill: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Trail: 0.5 mi
  • Paint Creek Trail: 1.3 mi
  • Watershed Ridge Park: 1.8 mi
  • Gallagher Creek Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Mill Creek Crossing: 0.4 mi
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Wet Prairie: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Heron Environmental Area: 1.2 mi
  • O’Connor Nature Park: 1.9 mi
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Fen: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Rochester Cider Mill: 1.3 mi
  • Whale Tail: 2.0 mi
  • Back Nine Jump Line: 2.0 mi
  • Step-Up/Down: 2.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 49
Gardens: 47
Museums: 37
Peaks: 23
  • Mt. Sheldon: 2.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Baypoint Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Secret Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 8.7 mi
  • Stony Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 12.8 mi
  • West Shelter: 15.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 17.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 16.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 19.0 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 20.4 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWSW 245°388 m5.1 mi
Mount ChristieNW 320°387 m13.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 335°375 m5.9 mi
Pine KnobW 273°367 m10.9 mi
Kerr HillNW 313°367 m16.3 mi
Enders HillWNW 292°366 m18.2 mi
Bald MountainWSW 244°351 m4.2 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 251°351 m23.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1617:02

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common cowparsnip26 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
  • Green Frog24 obs
  • White-tailed Deer23 obs
  • wild bergamot23 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • butterfly milkweed20 obs
  • dame's rocket16 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/788666584

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