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Dr. Otis McKinley Park

Dr. Otis McKinley Park from directly overhead

Dr. Otis McKinley Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is James J. Pompo Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.52851, -82.96191
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 1.6 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 58
Gardens: 53
  • Hope Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Accretion Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Secret Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.3 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.5 mi
  • Mt Tom: 17.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.2 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 310°388 m18.9 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 328°375 m23.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 312°351 m18.4 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 344°349 m22.5 mi
Mount JudahNW 307°345 m21.3 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 331°302 m15.5 mi
Halsted HillW 266°297 m23.4 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 330°290 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Peck's Skipper7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade6 obs
  • Black Swallowtail6 obs
  • blue vervain6 obs
  • Japanese Beetle6 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/469551723

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