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Helen V. Allen Park

Helen V. Allen Park from directly overhead

Helen V. Allen Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Borden Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Helen V. Allen Park in Rochester Hills, MI

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65972, -83.09867

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Borden Park: 0.8 mi
  • Holland Ponds: 0.8 mi
  • Chief Gene Shepherd Park: 0.9 mi
  • Yorktown Commons: 1.3 mi
  • Brooklands Plaza: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 1.6 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Pines Jump Line: 4.0 mi
  • Step-Up/Down: 4.0 mi
  • Rock Garden: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Childress Green Space Property: 2.1 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 2.2 mi
  • Rivercrest Green Space Property: 2.8 mi
  • Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Avon Nature Study Area: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 59
Museums: 55
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Mt. Sheldon: 4.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 8.1 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 12.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 20.1 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.5 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.0 mi
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 24.1 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 292°388 m8.1 mi
Mount ChristieNW 324°387 m19.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 333°375 m11.9 mi
Pine KnobWNW 293°367 m14.9 mi
Kerr HillNW 318°367 m22.0 mi
Enders HillWNW 301°366 m23.1 mi
Bald MountainWNW 297°351 m7.5 mi
Twombly MountainN 2°349 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:15
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:02

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, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage54 obs
  • Great Blue Heron44 obs
  • Mallard42 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle42 obs
  • dame's rocket39 obs
  • autumn olive38 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle34 obs
  • Painted Turtle33 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/626332246

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