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Henningsen Park

Henningsen Park from directly overhead

Henningsen Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 7 Mile Road Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41289, -83.45346

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 7 Mile Road Park: 0.5 mi
  • Waterford Bend Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Harbour Village Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cass Benton Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Quakertown Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • The North(ville) Pole: 0.6 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 0.8 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 1.8 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 4.1 mi
  • Maybury Farm: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Legacy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 2.4 mi
  • Denmar Park Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Park Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Harry Tatigian Park & Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 1.3 mi
  • Hello: 1.4 mi
  • Land and Sea: 1.4 mi
  • Robert's Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Bob Prost: 4.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.4 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 9.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Halsted Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Mt Tom: 11.0 mi
  • Mont Beau: 15.5 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Peak 1083: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 15.6 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 295°405 m20.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 296°399 m20.1 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 28°388 m22.7 mi
Pine KnobN 11°367 m23.2 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 333°351 m16.1 mi
Bald MountainNNE 29°351 m23.4 mi
Mount OmichNNW 336°347 m16.4 mi
Mount JudahNNE 21°345 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 6 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer28 obs
  • Mallard26 obs
  • chicory25 obs
  • Canada Goose24 obs
  • purple crownvetch21 obs
  • wild carrot20 obs
  • Planthopper Parasite Moth19 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil18 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/396383533

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