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Eugene S. Nowicki Park

Eugene S. Nowicki Park from directly overhead

Eugene S. Nowicki Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 298 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookdale Woods Open Space, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
298 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Rochester Hills
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.69026, -83.19305
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brookdale Woods Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Shadow Woods Park: 0.4 mi
  • Festival Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fountain Park: 0.5 mi
  • Manchester Knolls Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Waterfall Pointe: 2.7 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 2.8 mi
  • Step Pools: 2.8 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 3.5 mi
  • Rochester Cider Mill: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Newberry Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Shelden Estate: 4.5 mi
  • Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu: 4.6 mi
  • Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • The Buckley Fountain: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 51
Peaks: 23
Beaches: 19
  • Baypoint Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Secret Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 9.4 mi
  • West Shelter: 12.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 15.3 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 21.8 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.1 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 290°388 m2.9 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 333°387 m15.0 mi
Grampian HillsN 356°375 m8.5 mi
Pine KnobWNW 292°367 m9.7 mi
Kerr HillNW 325°367 m17.4 mi
Enders HillWNW 303°366 m17.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 304°351 m2.2 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 257°351 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer39 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel35 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Canada Goose20 obs
  • autumn olive18 obs
  • Mallard17 obs
  • common buckthorn16 obs
  • Groundhog15 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/699150953

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