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Harding Park

Harding Park from directly overhead

Harding Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dondero Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.47340, -83.12786
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 3.7 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.3 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Secret Beach: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 1.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 1.3 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 1.3 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 1.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 1.5 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mt Tom: 9.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 339°388 m17.1 mi
Grampian HillsN 351°375 m23.8 mi
Pine KnobNNW 327°367 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainNNW 342°351 m17.0 mi
Mount JudahNNW 332°345 m18.6 mi
Waterford HillNW 319°342 m21.8 mi
Teeple HillWNW 297°336 m24.2 mi
Peak 1083WNW 297°330 m24.2 mi
Conditions

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal412 obs
  • American Goldfinch386 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird377 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco367 obs
  • Blue Jay342 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker337 obs
  • Monarch335 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole324 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/407812525

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