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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Teeple Hill stands 336 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinloch Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32451, -83.29422

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kinloch Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rosalie-Hubbard Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lyle C. Van Houten Park: 0.8 mi
  • Levagood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Helen Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • James Howard Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.7 mi
  • Sorenson House: 2.9 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 3.2 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 3.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 5.3 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.0 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 3.9 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.9 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 6.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 40
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Belle Isle Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 23.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mt Tom: 13.7 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teeple HillNNW 328°336 m25.0 mi
Halsted HillNNW 333°297 m14.0 mi
Mt TomN 359°257 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch19 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee19 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • American pokeweed11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
  • American Dagger10 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle9 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/314668224

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