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Cranberry Lake Park

Cranberry Lake Park from directly overhead

Cranberry Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Township Historical Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
287 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.79193, -83.14659
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Addison Oaks County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Charles Isley Park: 1.8 mi
  • Labodie Park: 1.9 mi
  • Addison Township Playground: 2.0 mi
  • Lakeville Lake Public Access: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Tabletop Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 3.9 mi
  • Rochester Cider Mill: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 59
  • Blue Heron Environmental Area: 3.1 mi
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Fen: 3.8 mi
  • East Pond Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Crossing: 4.3 mi
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Wet Prairie: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 44
Gardens: 37
Museums: 31
Peaks: 21
Beaches: 18
  • Baypoint Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 7.1 mi
  • Stony Lake Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Secret Beach: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 16.0 mi
  • West Shelter: 17.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 21.7 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 15.2 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 16.9 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.5 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.9 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillSW 220°388 m7.9 mi
Mount ChristieNW 305°387 m11.1 mi
Grampian HillsWNW 297°375 m3.3 mi
Pine KnobWSW 254°367 m11.8 mi
Kerr HillWNW 300°367 m14.3 mi
Enders HillW 279°366 m17.6 mi
Bald MountainSW 216°351 m7.1 mi
Twombly MountainNE 41°349 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5419:32
December solstice08:0116:1617:02

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, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee70 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage23 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee21 obs
  • crown-tipped coral fungus21 obs
  • Ghost Pipe20 obs
  • northern starflower20 obs
  • Canadian lousewort19 obs
  • sensitive fern19 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/788614721

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