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Compton Park

Compton Park from directly overhead

Compton Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dooley Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39186, -83.32679
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.8 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 2.3 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.4 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 4.7 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 4.9 mi
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 3.6 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 3.6 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 4.5 mi
  • Fishing Platform: 5.2 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 4.0 mi
  • Hello: 5.4 mi
  • Land and Sea: 5.4 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 5.7 mi
  • Martha and Edessa Sculpture: 5.9 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Halsted Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Mt Tom: 9.2 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 20.2 mi
  • Peak 1083: 20.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 21.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 11°388 m22.0 mi
Pine KnobN 355°367 m24.4 mi
Mount KanzerNW 319°351 m20.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 13°351 m22.4 mi
Mount OmichNW 321°347 m21.0 mi
Mount JudahN 4°345 m22.1 mi
Waterford HillN 349°342 m22.5 mi
Teeple HillNW 325°336 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose44 obs
  • Black Swallowtail26 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • American Toad21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • common milkweed19 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee17 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/326116058

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