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Donald J Flynn Park

Donald J Flynn Park from directly overhead

Donald J Flynn Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Thelma G. Spencer Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
213 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.62283, -83.09882
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thelma G. Spencer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Village Club at Rochester Hills Park & Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Brooklands Plaza: 1.0 mi
  • Stone Ridge North Park: 1.2 mi
  • Highbury Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Turtle Woods Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Ruby Green Space Property: 2.9 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 4.0 mi
  • Childress Green Space Property: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 19
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.0 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 307°388 m9.4 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 328°387 m21.4 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 338°375 m14.2 mi
Pine KnobWNW 301°367 m16.1 mi
Kerr HillNW 322°367 m24.0 mi
Enders HillNW 306°366 m24.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 312°351 m8.9 mi
Twombly MountainN 2°349 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit23 obs
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • yellow trout lily21 obs
  • mayapple17 obs
  • large white trillium16 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty14 obs
  • wild geranium13 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/679145802

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