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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park from directly overhead

Golden Gate Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorothy Warren Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.48708, -83.22904
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dorothy Warren Park: 0.5 mi
  • Municipal Park: 0.5 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.5 mi
  • Anne Lathrup Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sarrackwood Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.7 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 3.4 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 3.8 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 2.8 mi
  • I - Beech Maple Forest, Fallen Log & Study: 3.2 mi
  • A - Pavilion: 3.2 mi
  • Foust Pond & Nest Island: 3.2 mi
  • C - Insectarium: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 32
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 17
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 357°388 m15.0 mi
Grampian HillsN 3°375 m22.6 mi
Pine KnobNNW 338°367 m19.1 mi
Bald MountainN 360°351 m15.3 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 296°351 m20.8 mi
Mount OmichWNW 299°347 m20.6 mi
Mount JudahNNW 347°345 m15.9 mi
Waterford HillNNW 329°342 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • Scissor Grinder13 obs
  • Wild Turkey11 obs
  • Reddish-brown Stag Beetle11 obs
  • Groundhog9 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider8 obs
  • common buckthorn8 obs
  • common selfheal7 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/312914267

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