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Licht Park

Licht Park from directly overhead

Licht Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Warren Starburst, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.51507, -83.01323
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Friendship Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Hope Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 4.1 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.4 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.6 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 5.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 16
  • Secret Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.1 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 14.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.2 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 7.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 318°388 m17.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 335°375 m22.8 mi
Pine KnobNW 311°367 m24.0 mi
Bald MountainNW 321°351 m17.3 mi
Twombly MountainN 350°349 m22.8 mi
Mount JudahNW 313°345 m19.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 304°342 m24.3 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 341°302 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch223 obs
  • Zebra Jumping Spider36 obs
  • Black Swallowtail29 obs
  • American Robin27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
  • Peck's Skipper21 obs
  • Red Admiral20 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/633369468

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