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Lakeside Park

Lakeside Park from directly overhead

Lakeside Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 288 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeside Park Turtle Statue, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
288 m
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Coordinates42.65810, -83.30626
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 0.1 mi
  • The Buckley Fountain: 1.3 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 2.4 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Optimist Park: 0.7 mi
  • Oakland History Center at Pine Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Madge Burt Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
  • Art Heaton Park: 0.8 mi
  • Aaron Perry Park I: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Amberwood Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 4.4 mi
  • E.L. Johnson Nature Center: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 2.4 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 3.0 mi
  • Covered Bridge: 3.1 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 3.6 mi
  • Cass Lake East Sandbar: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Museums: 59
Gardens: 55
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 5.5 mi
  • Farm Garden: 5.7 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Bog Garden: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 3.8 mi
  • West Shelter: 7.2 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Russell Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Kelly Beach: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 10.8 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 24.4 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNE 43°388 m4.4 mi
Mount ChristieN 356°387 m15.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 26°375 m11.9 mi
Pine KnobNNW 332°367 m6.7 mi
Kerr HillNNW 345°367 m17.0 mi
Enders HillNW 322°366 m15.2 mi
Bald MountainNE 48°351 m5.2 mi
Mount KanzerW 260°351 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
  • Wild Turkey15 obs
  • mayapple11 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade11 obs
  • wild geranium10 obs
  • large white trillium10 obs
  • eastern poison ivy10 obs
  • tall thimbleweed10 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/468612457

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