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Drake Park

Drake Park from directly overhead

Drake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Totem Pole, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
242 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.46296, -83.39444
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Parks
  • Women's Park: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Dinan Park: 0.9 mi
  • Masons Corner: 0.9 mi
  • Independence Creek: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 1.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Outdoor Classroom: 3.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • The Giving Tree: 1.2 mi
  • Rockpile Art Pyramid: 2.2 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 3.9 mi
  • Fishing Platform: 4.0 mi
  • Log Tipi: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Windridge Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Woodland Hills: 2.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Park Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Denmar Park Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 10.5 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.0 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 8.1 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 8.3 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 6.4 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Peak 1083: 14.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.5 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 284°405 m21.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 284°399 m21.7 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 24°388 m18.3 mi
Pine KnobN 4°367 m19.4 mi
Mount KanzerNW 317°351 m15.0 mi
Bald MountainNNE 26°351 m18.9 mi
Mount OmichNW 320°347 m15.1 mi
Mount JudahNNE 16°345 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer70 obs
  • Wild Turkey50 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage33 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing31 obs
  • wild bergamot30 obs
  • Planthopper Parasite Moth30 obs
  • American Toad28 obs
  • American Red Squirrel26 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/223053344

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