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Civic Center Park

Civic Center Park from directly overhead

Civic Center Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gravel Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.52389, -83.11009
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.4 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Secret Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 13.9 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Mt Tom: 9.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.7 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 13.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 14.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.4 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.9 mi
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 LandfillNNW 331°388 m14.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 347°375 m20.6 mi
Pine KnobNW 319°367 m20.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 335°351 m14.1 mi
Twombly MountainN 3°349 m21.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 323°345 m16.2 mi
Waterford HillNW 310°342 m20.0 mi
Teeple HillWNW 288°336 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel59 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit48 obs
  • White-tailed Deer35 obs
  • wild geranium32 obs
  • American pokeweed30 obs
  • bloodroot28 obs
  • yellow trout lily25 obs
  • mayapple24 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/355144320

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