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Gorham Playground

Gorham Playground from directly overhead

Gorham Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Viola Liuzzo Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
203 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.43820, -83.20834
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 5.6 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 3.1 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 3.5 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 3.5 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 3.5 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 3.6 mi
  • Wolverine: 3.6 mi
  • Seal: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 39
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 354°388 m18.5 mi
Pine KnobNNW 339°367 m22.6 mi
Bald MountainN 357°351 m18.7 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 303°351 m23.4 mi
Mount OmichNW 305°347 m23.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 346°345 m19.5 mi
Waterford HillNNW 331°342 m21.5 mi
Teeple HillNW 307°336 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
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 °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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Peck's Skipper8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel7 obs
  • Common Checkered-Skipper5 obs
  • European Starling4 obs
  • White-tailed Deer4 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail4 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
  • European Harvestman4 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/326962511

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