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Clawson Park

Clawson Park from directly overhead

Clawson Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
205 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.51565, -83.16842
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Worden Park: 0.5 mi
  • Starr Jaycee Park: 0.5 mi
  • Worden Park East: 0.7 mi
  • Marais Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elks Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 3.8 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 6.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites: 29
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 2.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 6.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 13.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 343°388 m13.6 mi
Grampian HillsN 355°375 m20.6 mi
Pine KnobNNW 327°367 m18.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 347°351 m13.7 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 288°351 m23.0 mi
Twombly MountainN 10°349 m22.8 mi
Mount OmichWNW 290°347 m22.6 mi
Mount JudahNNW 334°345 m15.1 mi
Conditions

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 solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bloodroot65 obs
  • yellow trout lily50 obs
  • Black Swallowtail49 obs
  • Monarch46 obs
  • wild geranium39 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • Celandine Poppy37 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/109298849

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