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Lakeside Memorial Park

Lakeside Memorial Park from directly overhead

Lakeside Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Holly Township Beach, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 20 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
279 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.79839, -83.62023
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Fenton House: 4.3 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Old Homestead: 10.4 mi
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 40
Artworks: 29
  • Stainless Steel Butterfly: 4.3 mi
  • PLRA Metal Bike Sign: 12.4 mi
  • Main Street Art: 14.3 mi
  • Waterford Police Statue: 14.6 mi
  • Flame of Faith: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Day Camp Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Clover Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Creek Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Kelly Beach: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • West Shelter: 12.4 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Windfall Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Playfield North Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 22
Museums: 21
  • A. J. Phillips Museum, Fenton Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Old Mill Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 12.0 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 9.3 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Milford Community Gardens - Growing Greens: 14.8 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 6.2 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 7.8 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 16.9 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 21.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)SSW 208°405 m20.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)SSW 208°399 m20.2 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillESE 109°388 m20.0 mi
Mount ChristieENE 68°387 m16.1 mi
Grampian HillsE 87°375 m21.1 mi
Pine KnobESE 107°367 m13.3 mi
Kerr HillENE 60°367 m13.5 mi
Enders HillENE 71°366 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5720:3421:17
September equinox07:2218:5619:34
December solstice08:0316:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433455766706861503928
Precip in2.41.92.03.23.83.43.53.33.13.32.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Linden Wwtp, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Rubyspot7 obs
  • American Toad7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake6 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit6 obs
  • Baltimore Checkerspot6 obs
  • purple loosestrife6 obs
  • Eastern Forktail6 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/386785439

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