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George & Maggie Rollinger Park

George & Maggie Rollinger Park from directly overhead

George & Maggie Rollinger Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.51373, -82.93945
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Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 60
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 5.8 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 56
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.1 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 11.1 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt. Sheldon: 16.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 17.0 mi
  • Mt Tom: 18.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 20.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.4 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 310°388 m20.4 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 327°375 m24.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 312°351 m20.0 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 342°349 m23.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 307°345 m22.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 329°302 m17.0 mi
Halsted HillW 269°297 m24.5 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 328°290 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • European Starling17 obs
  • Rock Pigeon13 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • Blue Jay10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Western Honey Bee8 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/181042484

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