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Green's Park

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Green's Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 300 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the south, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
300 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78367, -83.24217

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Children's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Meek's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Atwater Park: 0.4 mi
  • Swiss Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • Unger Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Orion Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Schuette Oak: 6.3 mi
  • Shelden Estate: 7.9 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 9.2 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 9.3 mi
Attractions
  • Pavilion and Carousel: 3.4 mi
  • Rochester Cider Mill: 6.9 mi
  • Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
  • Whale Tail: 7.5 mi
  • Back Nine Jump Line: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 57
  • Paint Creek Heritage Area Fen: 3.7 mi
  • Heron Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Gingell Nature Area: 4.9 mi
  • Mill Creek Crossing: 5.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Lake State Game Area: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 47
Gardens: 39
  • Rotary Pollination Park: 1.9 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 4.9 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.3 mi
Museums: 36
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 20
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 3.2 mi
  • Stony Lake Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Secret Beach: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • West Shelter: 12.9 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 13.1 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 12.6 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 15.4 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillS 182°388 m5.5 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 329°387 m8.2 mi
Grampian HillsNE 43°375 m2.8 mi
Pine KnobWSW 247°367 m7.0 mi
Kerr HillNW 316°367 m10.8 mi
Enders HillWNW 285°366 m12.9 mi
Bald MountainS 173°351 m5.2 mi
Mount KanzerWSW 238°351 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:16
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 10 mi away.

  • Painted Turtle16 obs
  • box elder10 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird9 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle9 obs
  • large white trillium9 obs
  • lesser periwinkle9 obs
  • Sandhill Crane9 obs
  • Mute Swan8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/543397051

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