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Hartsig Park

Hartsig Park from directly overhead

Hartsig Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Butcher Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.50067, -83.07607
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens: 60
  • Decorative Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 1.4 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.5 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.4 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 21
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.8 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 11.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 4.2 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 328°388 m16.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 343°375 m22.6 mi
Pine KnobNW 318°367 m22.4 mi
Bald MountainNNW 331°351 m16.3 mi
Twombly MountainN 359°349 m23.5 mi
Mount JudahNW 322°345 m18.5 mi
Waterford HillNW 311°342 m22.4 mi
Fibber MountainN 353°302 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit49 obs
  • wild geranium38 obs
  • White-tailed Deer36 obs
  • mayapple27 obs
  • American pokeweed26 obs
  • bloodroot26 obs
  • yellow trout lily25 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/376233397

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