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Castle Gardens Park

Castle Gardens Park from directly overhead

Castle Gardens Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Grennada Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
213 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.38979, -83.42366
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grennada Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bien Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tennis Courts: 0.5 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Laurel South Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Madonna Park: 1.3 mi
  • City Park: 2.2 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 2.3 mi
  • Legacy Park: 2.3 mi
  • Denmar Park Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • First Responders Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.7 mi
Artworks
  • Hello: 1.9 mi
  • Land and Sea: 2.0 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 2.2 mi
  • Robert's Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 2.0 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 2.1 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 2.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 3.2 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 3.3 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Grove: 13.7 mi
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 11.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.1 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Halsted Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Mt Tom: 11.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 17.6 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Peak 1083: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 16.8 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.2 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 298°405 m22.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 298°399 m22.1 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 22°388 m23.5 mi
Pine KnobN 6°367 m24.6 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 331°351 m18.2 mi
Bald MountainNNE 24°351 m24.1 mi
Mount OmichNNW 334°347 m18.5 mi
Mount JudahNNE 16°345 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle28 obs
  • Bluegill20 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • common buckthorn15 obs
  • large white trillium15 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/325976687

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