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Boulan Park

Boulan Park from directly overhead

Boulan Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 227 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapel of Flowers, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
227 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57171, -83.17409

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Chapel of Flowers: 1.0 mi
  • World War I Polar Bear Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Chapel of Memories: 1.0 mi
  • Chapel of Psalms: 1.0 mi
  • POW/MIA Memorial: 1.1 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 2.5 mi
  • Hill School Bell: 2.9 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 4.9 mi
  • Smith House: 5.0 mi
  • Step Pools: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Farm Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 3.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.5 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 3.6 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 30
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 6.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Secret Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 21
  • Mt Tom: 7.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 9.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 338°388 m9.9 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 340°387 m23.0 mi
Grampian HillsN 355°375 m16.8 mi
Pine KnobNW 320°367 m15.5 mi
Kerr HillNNW 334°367 m25.0 mi
Enders HillNW 319°366 m24.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 343°351 m9.9 mi
Mount KanzerW 279°351 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 6 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer58 obs
  • chicory51 obs
  • wild carrot43 obs
  • common buckthorn39 obs
  • American Robin34 obs
  • Homidia socia31 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • white clover24 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/244496781

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