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Firefighters Park

Firefighters Park from directly overhead

Firefighters Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.61013, -83.18236

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Guardian Angel Columbarium: 1.7 mi
  • World War II Four Freedoms Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Persian Gulf Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • POW/MIA Memorial: 1.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 2.3 mi
  • Step Pools: 2.8 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 2.8 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 2.8 mi
  • Hill School Bell: 4.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Picnic sites: 30
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 8.1 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.2 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 9.3 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Secret Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Bald Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 7.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 8.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 8.5 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 8.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 333°388 m7.3 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 339°387 m20.3 mi
Grampian HillsN 356°375 m14.1 mi
Pine KnobNW 314°367 m13.2 mi
Kerr HillNNW 332°367 m22.4 mi
Enders HillNW 315°366 m21.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 341°351 m7.2 mi
Mount KanzerW 272°351 m21.1 mi

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 solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer108 obs
  • Wild Turkey65 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage60 obs
  • chicory59 obs
  • wild carrot42 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel41 obs
  • garlic mustard38 obs
  • common buckthorn36 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/365612281

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