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Clawson City Park

Clawson City Park from directly overhead

Clawson City Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54211, -83.15243

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Baker Park: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hunter Park: 0.7 mi
  • Parkland Park: 1.0 mi
  • Robinwood Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 2.2 mi
  • Troy Historic Village: 2.5 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.2 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Secret Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 4.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 7.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 12.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 12.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 337°388 m12.2 mi
Grampian HillsN 352°375 m18.9 mi
Pine KnobNW 322°367 m17.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 341°351 m12.1 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 284°351 m23.2 mi
Twombly MountainN 9°349 m20.9 mi
Mount OmichWNW 285°347 m22.8 mi
Mount JudahNNW 327°345 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 9 mi away.

  • bloodroot64 obs
  • yellow trout lily49 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • wild geranium37 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • Celandine Poppy36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
  • large white trillium33 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/42789311

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