Skip to content

Madge Park

Madge Park from directly overhead

Madge Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer Foundation Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45384, -83.09173

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer Foundation Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 0.5 mi
  • Scout Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sylvester Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Knudsen Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.6 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 3.4 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 3.5 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 3.5 mi
  • Hamtramck Disneyland: 3.6 mi
  • Vultures: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 5.8 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 9.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt Tom: 11.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.7 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 336°388 m19.0 mi
Pine KnobNW 325°367 m24.5 mi
Bald MountainNNW 338°351 m18.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 329°345 m20.7 mi
Waterford HillNW 318°342 m24.1 mi
Fibber MountainN 357°302 m18.7 mi
Halsted HillWNW 282°297 m17.1 mi
Mt. SheldonN 356°290 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
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, 5 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal410 obs
  • American Goldfinch384 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird378 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco366 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker336 obs
  • Blue Jay333 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole320 obs
  • Monarch310 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/554329602

More parks in Michigan

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Madge Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens