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Founders Sports Park

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Founders Sports Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.44278, -83.39939
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 0.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bicentennial Park Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Windridge Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Denmar Park Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Harry Tatigian Park & Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Greenmead Historical Park: 1.1 mi
  • Drake Park: 1.4 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 1.5 mi
  • Flanders Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
  • The Giving Tree: 2.6 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 2.7 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 3.6 mi
  • Rockpile Art Pyramid: 3.6 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 11.9 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 12.4 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 9.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Halsted Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 7.6 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Peak 1083: 15.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 18.8 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 287°405 m21.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 288°399 m21.9 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 23°388 m19.7 mi
Pine KnobN 4°367 m20.8 mi
Mount KanzerNW 321°351 m15.8 mi
Bald MountainNNE 25°351 m20.3 mi
Mount OmichNW 324°347 m16.0 mi
Mount JudahNNE 15°345 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose28 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • Red Swamp Crayfish14 obs
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit12 obs
  • common buckthorn12 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Monarch9 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/224447191

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