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Grant Park

Grant Park from directly overhead

Grant Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hudson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48664, -83.13591

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.0 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 8.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Main picnic site: 1.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 1.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 1.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 340°388 m16.1 mi
Grampian HillsN 351°375 m22.8 mi
Pine KnobNNW 326°367 m21.3 mi
Bald MountainNNW 343°351 m16.0 mi
Twombly MountainN 6°349 m24.6 mi
Mount OmichWNW 293°347 m24.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 332°345 m17.6 mi
Waterford HillNW 318°342 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 9 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal409 obs
  • American Goldfinch383 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird377 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco370 obs
  • Blue Jay342 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker335 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole323 obs
  • Monarch307 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/108360482

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