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Mallett Park

Mallett Park from directly overhead

Mallett Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shirley-Plymouth Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37620, -83.18720
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Organic Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 6.4 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.2 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 7.1 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.1 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 15.5 mi
Peaks: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 352°388 m22.9 mi
Bald MountainN 355°351 m23.1 mi
Mount JudahNNW 346°345 m23.9 mi
Fibber MountainN 9°302 m24.3 mi
Halsted HillNW 307°297 m14.8 mi
Mt. SheldonN 9°290 m24.2 mi
Mt TomNNW 331°257 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dense blazing star30 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake14 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake14 obs
  • American Robin6 obs
  • Common Garter Snake4 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake4 obs
  • common milkweed4 obs
  • Monarch4 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/327153438

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