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Elks Park

Elks Park from directly overhead

Elks Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Normandy Oaks Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
210 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.52666, -83.16990

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites: 30
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.4 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 14.0 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 6.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 12.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 342°388 m12.9 mi
Grampian HillsN 355°375 m19.9 mi
Pine KnobNW 326°367 m18.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 346°351 m12.9 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 287°351 m22.7 mi
Twombly MountainN 11°349 m22.1 mi
Mount OmichWNW 289°347 m22.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 333°345 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 9 mi away.

  • bloodroot64 obs
  • yellow trout lily51 obs
  • Monarch40 obs
  • wild geranium38 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • Celandine Poppy37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1187946806

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