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Huron Park

Huron Park from directly overhead

Huron Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Optimist Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48945, -82.92794

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 1.7 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 3.0 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 4.0 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 8.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 6.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.7 mi
  • Mt Tom: 19.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 21.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 20.4 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 313°388 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 315°351 m21.5 mi
Mount JudahNW 309°345 m24.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 330°302 m18.7 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 330°290 m18.6 mi
Mt TomW 277°257 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • Black Swallowtail17 obs
  • Monarch15 obs
  • European Starling14 obs
  • Western Honey Bee13 obs
  • Rock Pigeon12 obs
  • Northern Cardinal12 obs
  • Blue Jay11 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/480218903

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