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Civic Center Park

Civic Center Park from directly overhead

Civic Center Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Thompson Farm, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.48174, -83.23676
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mary Thompson Farm: 0.3 mi
  • City Centre Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Golden Gate Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dorothy Warren Park: 0.7 mi
  • Nature Walk - Towne Square Buildings: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 2.9 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 2.7 mi
  • I - Beech Maple Forest, Fallen Log & Study: 3.2 mi
  • A - Pavilion: 3.2 mi
  • Foust Pond & Nest Island: 3.2 mi
  • C - Insectarium: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 32
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.9 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 17
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 358°388 m15.4 mi
Grampian HillsN 4°375 m23.0 mi
Pine KnobNNW 340°367 m19.3 mi
Bald MountainN 1°351 m15.7 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 298°351 m20.7 mi
Mount OmichWNW 300°347 m20.5 mi
Mount JudahNNW 349°345 m16.2 mi
Waterford HillNNW 331°342 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • Scissor Grinder12 obs
  • Wild Turkey10 obs
  • Groundhog8 obs
  • common buckthorn8 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • American Robin5 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/247778041

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