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Eliza Howell Park

Eliza Howell Park from directly overhead

Eliza Howell Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brightmoor Youth Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Detroit
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.39537, -83.27007
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 2.9 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.9 mi
  • Sorenson House: 3.6 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sunset Park: 4.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.6 mi
  • Fishing Platform: 5.4 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 6.1 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 6.2 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 7.2 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 43
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 7.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 15
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 24.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 3°388 m21.4 mi
Pine KnobNNW 348°367 m24.6 mi
Bald MountainN 5°351 m21.7 mi
Mount KanzerNW 313°351 m22.8 mi
Mount OmichNW 315°347 m22.8 mi
Mount JudahN 356°345 m21.9 mi
Waterford HillNNW 342°342 m23.0 mi
Teeple HillNW 319°336 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • creeping thistle16 obs
  • common yarrow15 obs
  • Red Clover13 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee13 obs
  • horseweed12 obs
  • multiflora rose12 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/79582645

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