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Cherrylawn Park

Cherrylawn Park from directly overhead

Cherrylawn Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the east-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pontiac Oaks, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
297 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.67276, -83.31412
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pontiac Oaks: 0.5 mi
  • Optimist Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lakeside Park: 1.1 mi
  • City of Lake Angelus Park C: 1.1 mi
  • City of Lake Angelus Park B: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Amberwood Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Gingell Nature Area: 3.8 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 1.1 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 1.7 mi
  • The Buckley Fountain: 2.4 mi
  • Waterford Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 3.5 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 3.7 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 4.2 mi
  • Cass Lake East Sandbar: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 1.8 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 5.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 6.5 mi
  • Farm Garden: 6.7 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 7.2 mi
Museums: 45
Picnic sites: 33
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 4.6 mi
  • West Shelter: 6.7 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Kelly Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Russell Beach: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 10.0 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.5 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillENE 57°388 m4.1 mi
Mount ChristieN 358°387 m14.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 30°375 m11.2 mi
Pine KnobNNW 330°367 m5.6 mi
Kerr HillNNW 346°367 m15.9 mi
Enders HillNW 321°366 m14.1 mi
Bald MountainENE 60°351 m4.9 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 256°351 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee36 obs
  • Wild Turkey15 obs
  • mayapple14 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade12 obs
  • large white trillium11 obs
  • wild geranium10 obs
  • tall thimbleweed10 obs
  • bloodroot9 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/468612461

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