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Geary Park

Geary Park from directly overhead

Geary Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherman Pocket Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
204 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46307, -83.15066
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sherman Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hessell Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ferndale Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Schiffer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Stephenson Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Children's Garden: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 0.9 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 1.0 mi
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Vultures: 1.0 mi
  • Wolverine: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 6.1 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Secret Beach: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Mt Tom: 8.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 0.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 1.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 1.0 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 344°388 m17.4 mi
Grampian HillsN 354°375 m24.4 mi
Pine KnobNNW 330°367 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainNNW 347°351 m17.4 mi
Mount OmichWNW 298°347 m24.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 336°345 m18.8 mi
Waterford HillNW 322°342 m21.7 mi
Teeple HillWNW 300°336 m23.6 mi
Conditions

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 °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog101 obs
  • Canada Goose99 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron93 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel93 obs
  • Mallard90 obs
  • Wood Duck82 obs
  • American Robin76 obs
  • Monarch67 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/327120459

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