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Coventry Park

Coventry Park from directly overhead

Coventry Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Keating-State Fair Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43379, -83.10164

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keating-State Fair Park: 0.4 mi
  • State Fair Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hawthorne Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hunt Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Woodward-7 Mile Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 1.2 mi
  • Woodward: 2.0 mi
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 3.3 mi
  • Pope John Paul II: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Hamtramck Disneyland: 2.9 mi
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 3.9 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 4.0 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 4.0 mi
  • Vultures: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 6.8 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.5 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mt Tom: 11.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 20.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 339°388 m20.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 341°351 m20.1 mi
Mount JudahNNW 332°345 m21.7 mi
Waterford HillNW 321°342 m24.8 mi
Fibber MountainN 358°302 m20.1 mi
Halsted HillWNW 287°297 m16.9 mi
Mt. SheldonN 358°290 m19.9 mi
Mt TomWNW 302°257 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch46 obs
  • Black Swallowtail32 obs
  • Peck's Skipper31 obs
  • Western Honey Bee30 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • American pokeweed25 obs
  • Red Admiral23 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit23 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/288402483

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