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Butcher Park

Butcher Park from directly overhead

Butcher Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Decorative Garden, a garden 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.49756, -83.05924
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Decorative Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Hope Garden: 4.4 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.1 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.9 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.0 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 12.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.7 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 4.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 326°388 m17.2 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 341°375 m23.0 mi
Pine KnobNW 317°367 m23.2 mi
Bald MountainNNW 329°351 m16.9 mi
Twombly MountainN 356°349 m23.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 321°345 m19.2 mi
Waterford HillNW 310°342 m23.2 mi
Fibber MountainN 350°302 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch196 obs
  • Black Swallowtail23 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Western Honey Bee15 obs
  • American Robin14 obs
  • Peck's Skipper14 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee13 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/738003412

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