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Mark Sawyers Family Park

Mark Sawyers Family Park from directly overhead

Mark Sawyers Family Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Hill County Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.55989, -82.97745
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
  • Upton House Museum: 2.8 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 3.1 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 5.8 mi
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 6.0 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens: 57
  • Hope Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Secret Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 13.2 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 13.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 16.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.2 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 306°388 m16.9 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 327°375 m21.0 mi
Pine KnobWNW 303°367 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainNW 309°351 m16.4 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 344°349 m20.2 mi
Mount JudahWNW 303°345 m19.4 mi
Waterford HillWNW 296°342 m24.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 329°302 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail8 obs
  • Wild Turkey7 obs
  • Blue Jay7 obs
  • White-tailed Deer7 obs
  • box elder7 obs
  • Peck's Skipper7 obs
  • Monarch6 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/543611360

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