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Brinston Park

Brinston Park from directly overhead

Brinston Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Milverton Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Brinston Park provides an excellent selection of recreational activities with two ball diamonds, two soccer fields, two tennis courts, a basketball court and a barrier-free play structure. The park also provides the convenience of restrooms

The record

What the record says

Elevation
194 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.55420, -83.10232
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Chapel of Psalms: 3.7 mi
  • Chapel of Memories: 3.7 mi
  • Chapel of Flowers: 3.8 mi
  • World War I Polar Bear Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Fountain of Eternal Memories: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Wabash Park Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Mt Tom: 10.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 11.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 11.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 12.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 325°388 m12.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 344°375 m18.6 mi
Pine KnobNW 314°367 m18.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 329°351 m12.5 mi
Twombly MountainN 2°349 m19.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 317°345 m14.8 mi
Waterford HillNW 305°342 m19.1 mi
Teeple HillWNW 283°336 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel48 obs
  • Northern Cardinal20 obs
  • common buckthorn20 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail18 obs
  • Monarch15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 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/480784814

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