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Lola Valley Park

Lola Valley Park from directly overhead

Lola Valley Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Western-Graham Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.0 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
185 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.40645, -83.29592
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Western-Graham Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bell Creek County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Claude Allison Park: 1.1 mi
  • Edward G. Heckel Park: 1.2 mi
  • Rouge Valley Parkway: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.6 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 3.0 mi
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.1 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 4.2 mi
  • Sorenson House: 4.9 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 4.2 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 4.9 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 5.4 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 5.5 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 6.3 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 43
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 14.0 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Mt Tom: 8.1 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Peak 1083: 20.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 7°388 m20.7 mi
Pine KnobN 351°367 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainN 9°351 m21.1 mi
Mount KanzerNW 314°351 m21.3 mi
Mount OmichNW 316°347 m21.3 mi
Mount JudahN 359°345 m21.1 mi
Waterford HillNNW 344°342 m21.9 mi
Teeple HillNW 320°336 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common milkweed24 obs
  • Monarch20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Black Swallowtail18 obs
  • creeping thistle18 obs
  • American Toad17 obs
  • common yarrow16 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 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/461122528

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