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Joseph E. Delia Junior Park

Joseph E. Delia Junior Park from directly overhead

Joseph E. Delia Junior Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.59568, -83.07974
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Franklin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Stoneridge Park East: 0.9 mi
  • Stone Ridge North Park: 1.2 mi
  • Highbury Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hampiton Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt. Sheldon: 8.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 10.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 11.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.0 mi
  • Main picnic site: 9.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 20.9 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 312°388 m11.3 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 328°387 m23.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 337°375 m16.3 mi
Pine KnobNW 305°367 m17.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 316°351 m10.9 mi
Twombly MountainN 359°349 m16.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 306°345 m13.8 mi
Waterford HillWNW 295°342 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit19 obs
  • yellow trout lily18 obs
  • Mallard17 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty16 obs
  • mayapple14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/59440974

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