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Eckstein Park

Eckstein Park from directly overhead

Eckstein Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Beebe's Corner Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.52716, -83.04118
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Friendship Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Hope Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.9 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.7 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 13.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 14.0 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 14.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 15.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 6.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 320°388 m16.1 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 337°375 m21.4 mi
Pine KnobNW 312°367 m22.4 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°351 m15.8 mi
Twombly MountainN 354°349 m21.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 314°345 m18.3 mi
Waterford HillNW 304°342 m22.7 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 345°302 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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
  • Monarch211 obs
  • White-tailed Deer30 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
  • Mallard18 obs
  • Peck's Skipper17 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 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/333079816

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