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Dooley Park

Dooley Park from directly overhead

Dooley Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Otis McKinley Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10.0 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.52053, -82.95533
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 57
Gardens: 53
  • Hope Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Accretion Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt. Sheldon: 16.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 16.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 17.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.5 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 311°388 m19.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 328°375 m23.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 313°351 m19.1 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 343°349 m23.1 mi
Mount JudahNW 307°345 m21.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 330°302 m16.2 mi
Halsted HillW 267°297 m23.7 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 330°290 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • European Starling15 obs
  • Rock Pigeon11 obs
  • Blue Jay10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail9 obs
  • Peck's Skipper9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 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/318321336

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