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Galloway Lake Park

Galloway Lake Park from directly overhead

Galloway Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 281 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Dearing Jr. Memorial Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
281 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.66685, -83.25561
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dennis Dearing Jr. Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • CTC Park: 1.3 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 1.6 mi
  • Auburn Hills Civic Center Park: 1.6 mi
  • CTC Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 2.2 mi
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
  • Tienken Road Park: 3.4 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.7 mi
  • Heron Springs: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
  • The Buckley Fountain: 2.6 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 4.7 mi
  • The Visitation: 5.1 mi
Attractions
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 3.3 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 3.7 mi
  • Step Pools: 3.8 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 3.8 mi
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 3.9 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 31
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 5.9 mi
  • West Shelter: 9.7 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.0 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 20
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 12.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 10°388 m2.6 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 347°387 m15.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 14°375 m10.5 mi
Pine KnobNW 313°367 m7.8 mi
Kerr HillNNW 337°367 m17.3 mi
Enders HillNW 314°366 m16.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 25°351 m3.2 mi
Mount KanzerW 260°351 m17.6 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
  • Western Conifer Seed Bug9 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug8 obs
  • American Toad8 obs
  • Wild Turkey6 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 obs
  • autumn olive6 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee6 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/468612464

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