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JFK Park

JFK Park from directly overhead

JFK Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Basil Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.47448, -82.93809

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 3.2 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.0 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery: 8.1 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 8.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 5.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 18.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 19.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 21.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 315°388 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainNW 318°351 m21.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 312°345 m24.6 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 333°302 m19.4 mi
Halsted HillW 275°297 m24.6 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 332°290 m19.3 mi
Mt TomW 281°257 m18.7 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, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
  • European Starling14 obs
  • Rock Pigeon12 obs
  • Blue Jay12 obs
  • Black Swallowtail12 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 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/480219499

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