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Groesbeck Park

Groesbeck Park from directly overhead

Groesbeck Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Station Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45899, -83.03297

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Center Line Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Marjorie Street Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Accretion Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Mt Tom: 14.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 327°388 m20.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 330°351 m19.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 322°345 m22.1 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 348°302 m18.8 mi
Halsted HillW 279°297 m20.0 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 347°290 m18.6 mi
Mt TomWNW 288°257 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
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.

  • Black Swallowtail27 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth12 obs
  • American pokeweed10 obs
  • Red-banded Leafhopper9 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/486694653

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