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Elm Park

Elm Park from directly overhead

Elm Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sesquicentennial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.37444, -83.31820
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sesquicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Handy Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clements Circle Park: 0.8 mi
  • Clements Circle Pool: 0.8 mi
  • Elliott Tot Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.1 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.3 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 3.6 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 3.4 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 3.8 mi
  • Sorenson House: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 3.2 mi
  • Hello: 6.3 mi
  • Land and Sea: 6.3 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 6.6 mi
  • Martha and Edessa Sculpture: 7.1 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 3.3 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 3.3 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 4.2 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 4.5 mi
  • Fishing Platform: 6.3 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 10.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Peak 1083: 21.4 mi
  • Mont Beau: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 22.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 9°388 m23.1 mi
Mount KanzerNW 320°351 m22.1 mi
Bald MountainN 11°351 m23.5 mi
Mount OmichNW 322°347 m22.3 mi
Mount JudahN 2°345 m23.3 mi
Waterford HillNNW 349°342 m23.7 mi
Teeple HillNW 326°336 m21.4 mi
Peak 1083NNW 326°330 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

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
  • Canada Goose45 obs
  • Monarch32 obs
  • Black Swallowtail28 obs
  • House Sparrow24 obs
  • common milkweed23 obs
  • American Robin19 obs
  • Mallard18 obs
  • American pokeweed17 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/326056891

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