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Manning Park

Manning Park from directly overhead

Manning Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Handy Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
194 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.38124, -83.29141
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 2.0 mi
  • Hello: 7.3 mi
  • Land and Sea: 7.4 mi
  • Martha and Edessa Sculpture: 7.5 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.5 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 2.8 mi
  • Sorenson House: 3.3 mi
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 3.7 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 4.1 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.4 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.7 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.8 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 6.0 mi
  • Fishing Platform: 6.0 mi
Museums
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 15.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 9.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 21.8 mi
  • Peak 1083: 21.8 mi
  • Mont Beau: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 23.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 6°388 m22.4 mi
Mount KanzerNW 317°351 m22.7 mi
Bald MountainN 8°351 m22.8 mi
Mount OmichNW 319°347 m22.8 mi
Mount JudahN 359°345 m22.8 mi
Waterford HillNNW 345°342 m23.6 mi
Teeple HillNW 322°336 m21.8 mi
Peak 1083NW 323°330 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
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 °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch32 obs
  • common milkweed25 obs
  • Black Swallowtail20 obs
  • creeping thistle20 obs
  • House Sparrow19 obs
  • common yarrow16 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • American pokeweed15 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/255738453

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