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Kennedy Park

Kennedy Park from directly overhead

Kennedy Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Madge Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45870, -83.08570

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens: 60
  • Decorative Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.8 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 5.7 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 9.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.9 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt Tom: 11.7 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.2 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 334°388 m18.8 mi
Pine KnobNW 324°367 m24.4 mi
Bald MountainNNW 337°351 m18.7 mi
Mount JudahNNW 328°345 m20.6 mi
Waterford HillNW 317°342 m24.0 mi
Fibber MountainN 356°302 m18.4 mi
Halsted HillW 281°297 m17.3 mi
Mt. SheldonN 355°290 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 5 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal409 obs
  • American Goldfinch384 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird377 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco366 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker335 obs
  • Blue Jay333 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole318 obs
  • Monarch291 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/554330675

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