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Goetz Park

Goetz Park from directly overhead

Goetz Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Edmore and Marbud Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
187 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.45627, -82.96888
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 3.4 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.6 mi
  • Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Hamtramck Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 52
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Hope Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Marjorie Street Garden: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 5.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 17.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 21.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 321°388 m22.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°351 m21.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 316°345 m24.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 339°302 m19.9 mi
Halsted HillW 278°297 m23.2 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 338°290 m19.8 mi
Mt TomWNW 286°257 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch39 obs
  • Black Swallowtail37 obs
  • Red Admiral12 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee10 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver9 obs
  • Small White9 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/779040620

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