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Harrison Township Waterfront Park

Harrison Township Waterfront Park from directly overhead

Harrison Township Waterfront Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucker Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54869, -82.85240

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums: 51
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 4.0 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.1 mi
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 4.4 mi
  • Selfridge Air Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Chesterfield Historic Village: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 48
  • Formal Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Hope Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.2 mi
  • Secret Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Main picnic site: 16.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 16.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 16.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 17.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 22.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.7 mi
  • Mt Tom: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 15.0 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 298°388 m22.7 mi
Bald MountainWNW 300°351 m22.1 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 329°349 m23.5 mi
Fibber MountainNW 313°302 m17.9 mi
Mt. SheldonNW 312°290 m17.9 mi
Mt TomW 266°257 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:1918:5319:31
December solstice07:5916:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 5 mi away.

  • Yellow Perch18 obs
  • Monarch8 obs
  • purple loosestrife8 obs
  • staghorn sumac8 obs
  • great mullein7 obs
  • Black Swallowtail6 obs
  • Mute Swan5 obs
  • Mallard5 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/318321528

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