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Cairns Field

Cairns Field from directly overhead

Cairns Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clemens Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
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Coordinates42.60311, -82.87194
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 53
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 0.6 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Selfridge Air Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Chesterfield Historic Village: 4.2 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 49
Nature reserves: 45
Beaches: 10
  • Secret Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 16.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 16.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 16.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 12.4 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Frog Point: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 290°388 m20.3 mi
Grampian HillsNW 311°375 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainWNW 292°351 m19.6 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 326°349 m19.8 mi
Mount JudahWNW 289°345 m23.0 mi
Fibber MountainNW 304°302 m14.8 mi
Mt. SheldonNW 304°290 m14.8 mi
Mt TomWSW 256°257 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:13
September equinox07:1918:5319:31
December solstice07:5916:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard19 obs
  • American Toad15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver12 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle12 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Canada Goose9 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/895325230

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