Lawson Park
Lawson Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank Wendland Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Frank Wendland Park: 0.3 mi
- Hudson Park: 0.3 mi
- Dondero Park: 0.4 mi
- Harding Park: 0.5 mi
- Grant Park: 0.6 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 0.8 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 0.9 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 0.9 mi
- Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Red Panda Forest: 1.1 mi
- Vultures: 1.2 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Decorative Garden: 3.6 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.7 mi
- The Star Dream: 0.9 mi
- Dance Chimes: 2.0 mi
- Reflections Portal: 3.3 mi
- Way Too Many: 4.8 mi
- Public Art: 5.8 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 1.3 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Clawson Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
- Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 4.5 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 2.6 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 3.1 mi
- Governor Alex J. Grosebeck Historic Marker: 5.1 mi
- GM Technical Center Historic Marker: 5.1 mi
- Quickstad Park: 3.3 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 6.9 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 7.1 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.5 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 11.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 12.2 mi
- Secret Beach: 12.3 mi
- Hipster Beach: 12.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 8.9 mi
- Halsted Hill: 14.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.6 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 16.9 mi
- Main picnic site: 0.9 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 0.9 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 0.9 mi
- Otter picnic site: 0.9 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 1.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lawson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 340° | 388 m | 16.6 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 351° | 375 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 327° | 367 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 343° | 351 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 333° | 345 m | 18.2 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 319° | 342 m | 21.4 mi |
| Teeple Hill | WNW 297° | 336 m | 23.8 mi |
| Peak 1083 | WNW 297° | 330 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 8 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal407 obs
- American Goldfinch383 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird378 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco367 obs
- Blue Jay343 obs
- Downy Woodpecker337 obs
- Baltimore Oriole326 obs
- Monarch322 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/407812527
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