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John R Miller Park

John R Miller Park from directly overhead

John R Miller Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bedford Woods, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50917, -83.22664

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 3.7 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 4.0 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 2.5 mi
  • I - Beech Maple Forest, Fallen Log & Study: 2.5 mi
  • A - Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • H - Hickory & Oak Forest: 2.6 mi
  • G - Meadow: 2.6 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 32
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 4.0 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 4.1 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 4.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 18
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 356°388 m13.5 mi
Grampian HillsN 3°375 m21.0 mi
Pine KnobNNW 336°367 m17.7 mi
Bald MountainN 359°351 m13.8 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 292°351 m20.3 mi
Twombly MountainNNE 17°349 m24.0 mi
Mount OmichWNW 295°347 m20.1 mi
Mount JudahNNW 345°345 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 8 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Black Swallowtail20 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • Common Shiny Woodlouse14 obs
  • Reddish-brown Stag Beetle13 obs
  • Scissor Grinder13 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/273634122

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