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General Squier Memorial Park

General Squier Memorial Park from directly overhead

General Squier Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 21 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lapeer County Parks
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.92630, -83.12238
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • General Squier Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Cardinal Field: 1.6 mi
  • Seven Ponds Nature Area: 3.4 mi
  • Almont Community Park: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 58
  • Tabletop Jump: 9.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 10.0 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 10.0 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 10.0 mi
  • Frontier Town: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 45
  • Riseman Refuge: 0.5 mi
  • Seven Ponds Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Watershed Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Lake George Nature Park: 4.4 mi
  • Village of Leonard Nature Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 34
Museums: 17
Gardens: 15
Peaks: 15
Beaches: 8
  • Stony Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 11.0 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Secret Beach: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 7.3 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 9.5 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.3 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillSSW 202°388 m16.6 mi
Mount ChristieWSW 254°387 m10.7 mi
Grampian HillsSSW 208°375 m8.8 mi
Kerr HillW 261°367 m13.7 mi
Pine KnobSW 225°367 m17.8 mi
Enders HillWSW 251°366 m19.7 mi
Bald MountainSSW 200°351 m16.0 mi
Twombly MountainSSE 164°349 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
June solstice05:5420:3221:16
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0116:1517:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433455767716962513929
Precip in2.31.91.93.13.23.13.33.12.82.92.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lapeer Wwtp, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sandhill Crane11 obs
  • Gray Treefrog11 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 obs
  • American Toad8 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan6 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird6 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker6 obs
  • Painted Turtle6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/744787083

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