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Dorothea Lenore Park

Dorothea Lenore Park from directly overhead

Dorothea Lenore Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gratiot Valley Railroad Club, a museum 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.61024, -82.88140
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Museums: 53
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 0.1 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Selfridge Air Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Chesterfield Historic Village: 4.1 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.9 mi
Gardens: 49
Nature reserves: 46
Beaches: 11
  • Secret Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Little Beach: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Main picnic site: 16.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 16.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 16.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 16.6 mi
Peaks: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 12.3 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Frog Point: 24.5 mi
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Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 289°388 m19.7 mi
Grampian HillsNW 311°375 m21.6 mi
Bald MountainWNW 291°351 m18.9 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 327°349 m19.1 mi
Mount JudahWNW 288°345 m22.4 mi
Fibber MountainNW 304°302 m14.1 mi
Mt. SheldonWNW 303°290 m14.1 mi
Mt TomWSW 254°257 m22.0 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 solstice07:5916:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle16 obs
  • Canada Goose14 obs
  • American Toad13 obs
  • Mourning Dove10 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel10 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

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Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1020324526

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