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College Park

College Park from directly overhead

College Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairview Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.60563, -82.97877

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairview Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wanda Park: 1.3 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
  • Farmstead Park: 1.6 mi
  • MCC Center Courtyard: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 1.8 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 5.6 mi
  • AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 7.7 mi
  • WWII Cannon: 7.7 mi
  • NIKE Hercules Missile: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums: 59
  • Upton House Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 4.8 mi
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 5.0 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 58
Beaches: 16
  • Secret Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 10.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 14.6 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.2 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 16.2 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 297°388 m15.2 mi
Grampian HillsNW 322°375 m18.4 mi
Pine KnobWNW 296°367 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainWNW 299°351 m14.6 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 341°349 m17.2 mi
Mount JudahWNW 294°345 m17.9 mi
Waterford HillWNW 289°342 m23.1 mi
Fibber MountainNW 320°302 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 8 mi away.

  • Monarch99 obs
  • Mallard49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • common pawpaw37 obs
  • American Toad37 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • Canada Goose26 obs
  • Northern Cardinal25 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/482507491

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