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Frank Wendland Park

Frank Wendland Park from directly overhead

Frank Wendland Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.47717, -83.14073

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lawson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hudson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Stephenson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Community Center Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 6.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Secret Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Mt Tom: 8.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Main picnic site: 0.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 0.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 0.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 0.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 0.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 341°388 m16.6 mi
Grampian HillsN 352°375 m23.5 mi
Pine KnobNNW 328°367 m21.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 344°351 m16.6 mi
Mount JudahNNW 334°345 m18.1 mi
Waterford HillNW 320°342 m21.2 mi
Teeple HillWNW 297°336 m23.5 mi
Peak 1083WNW 297°330 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel123 obs
  • American Bullfrog100 obs
  • Canada Goose97 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron94 obs
  • Mallard88 obs
  • American Robin87 obs
  • Wood Duck81 obs
  • House Sparrow72 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/237748702

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