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Borden Park

Borden Park from directly overhead

Borden Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Helen V. Allen Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.3 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
220 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.65046, -83.10816
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 1.9 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 3.9 mi
  • Step Pools: 3.9 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 3.9 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Childress Green Space Property: 2.1 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 2.2 mi
  • Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Rivercrest Green Space Property: 2.5 mi
  • Avon Nature Study Area: 2.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Mt. Sheldon: 4.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 8.0 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.2 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 12.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.2 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 20.7 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.7 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 298°388 m8.0 mi
Mount ChristieNW 326°387 m19.6 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 337°375 m12.3 mi
Pine KnobWNW 296°367 m14.7 mi
Kerr HillNW 320°367 m22.2 mi
Enders HillWNW 303°366 m23.0 mi
Bald MountainWNW 303°351 m7.4 mi
Mount KanzerW 265°351 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:15
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:02

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
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle28 obs
  • Painted Turtle21 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird19 obs
  • bloodroot18 obs
  • rough horsetail18 obs
  • Furry Oak Leaf Gall Wasp16 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/279275432

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