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Lockman Park

Lockman Park from directly overhead

Lockman Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Twelve-Sherry Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50198, -83.12709

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Children's Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 1.9 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.0 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 8.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 15.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.2 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 2.1 mi
  • Main picnic site: 2.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 2.2 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 337°388 m15.2 mi
Grampian HillsN 350°375 m21.9 mi
Pine KnobNW 324°367 m20.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 340°351 m15.2 mi
Twombly MountainN 5°349 m23.5 mi
Mount OmichWNW 291°347 m24.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 329°345 m16.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 315°342 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • Black Swallowtail32 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • American Robin20 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Western Honey Bee19 obs
  • American pokeweed19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/537842036

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