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Kraft Park

Kraft Park from directly overhead

Kraft Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Claude Allison Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.4 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
194 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.43097, -83.30493
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.0 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 2.5 mi
  • The Giving Tree: 5.4 mi
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 5.6 mi
  • Rockpile Art Pyramid: 5.9 mi
  • Foust Pond & Nest Island: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Ockham's Wedge: 4.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites: 43
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.0 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 6.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Peak 1083: 18.8 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 23.2 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 9°388 m19.1 mi
Pine KnobN 351°367 m21.8 mi
Bald MountainNNE 11°351 m19.5 mi
Mount KanzerNW 311°351 m19.8 mi
Mount OmichNW 314°347 m19.8 mi
Mount JudahN 1°345 m19.4 mi
Waterford HillNNW 344°342 m20.1 mi
Teeple HillNW 318°336 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • Monarch15 obs
  • Rock Pigeon14 obs
  • Black Swallowtail10 obs
  • white mulberry9 obs
  • American Toad8 obs
  • American Dagger8 obs
  • American Robin7 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/259435561

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