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Felker Memorial Park

Felker Memorial Park from directly overhead

Felker Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuski Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.46391, -83.10146
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 5.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 2.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 2.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Mt Tom: 10.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 336°388 m18.2 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 348°375 m24.7 mi
Pine KnobNW 325°367 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 339°351 m18.1 mi
Mount JudahNNW 330°345 m19.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 317°342 m23.2 mi
Fibber MountainN 358°302 m18.0 mi
Halsted HillW 280°297 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal409 obs
  • American Goldfinch387 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird378 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco367 obs
  • Blue Jay338 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker338 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole322 obs
  • Monarch317 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/554326248

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