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Community Center Park

Community Center Park from directly overhead

Community Center Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
283 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.61942, -83.33386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sylvan Lake Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ferndale Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sylvania: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 0.3 mi
  • Aquafina Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Cass Lake East Sandbar: 0.9 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 0.9 mi
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Webb Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Firefighters Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Josh Fray Bridge: 2.0 mi
Artworks
  • The End of the Indian Trail: 2.2 mi
  • Waterford Police Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Sasquatch: 6.2 mi
  • West Bloomfield Reeds: 6.4 mi
  • PLRA Metal Bike Sign: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 59
Gardens: 58
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Waterford Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Waterford Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Bog Garden: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 0.8 mi
  • West Shelter: 6.8 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 26
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WSW 257°405 m24.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WSW 257°399 m24.7 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNE 37°388 m7.4 mi
Mount ChristieN 1°387 m18.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 26°375 m14.9 mi
Pine KnobNNW 348°367 m8.8 mi
Kerr HillN 351°367 m19.3 mi
Enders HillNNW 332°366 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0819:46
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:33
December solstice08:0116:1817:04

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard39 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan23 obs
  • Mute Swan21 obs
  • Canada Goose17 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer13 obs
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • American Robin12 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/547064332

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