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Lennon Memorial Park

Lennon Memorial Park from directly overhead

Lennon Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Acres Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
193 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.47207, -83.11961
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 4.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.7 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Secret Beach: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 1.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 1.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 1.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.0 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mt Tom: 9.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 338°388 m17.3 mi
Grampian HillsN 350°375 m24.0 mi
Pine KnobNW 326°367 m22.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 341°351 m17.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 331°345 m18.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 318°342 m22.2 mi
Teeple HillWNW 297°336 m24.7 mi
Peak 1083WNW 297°330 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal408 obs
  • American Goldfinch388 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird378 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco366 obs
  • Blue Jay341 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker337 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole324 obs
  • Monarch322 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/344622048

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