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Bell Creek County Park

Bell Creek County Park from directly overhead

Bell Creek County Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lola Valley Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.8 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.40270, -83.31214
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.9 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 2.3 mi
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.3 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 4.6 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 4.4 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.6 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.7 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.2 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 5.5 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 9.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 9.3 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Mt Tom: 8.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 20.0 mi
  • Peak 1083: 20.0 mi
  • Mont Beau: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 22.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 9°388 m21.1 mi
Pine KnobN 353°367 m23.7 mi
Mount KanzerNW 316°351 m20.9 mi
Bald MountainN 11°351 m21.5 mi
Mount OmichNW 318°347 m21.0 mi
Mount JudahN 2°345 m21.4 mi
Waterford HillNNW 347°342 m21.9 mi
Teeple HillNW 322°336 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Black Swallowtail19 obs
  • American Toad19 obs
  • common milkweed18 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee13 obs
  • American pokeweed12 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/154068320

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