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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Line Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.48116, -83.03433
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Center Line Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Hope Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 3.8 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 5.5 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 17
  • Accretion Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 6.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Mt Tom: 13.8 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 17.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 325°388 m18.8 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 339°375 m24.5 mi
Pine KnobNW 317°367 m24.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 328°351 m18.6 mi
Mount JudahNW 320°345 m20.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 310°342 m24.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 347°302 m17.3 mi
Halsted HillW 275°297 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail34 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 obs
  • Chinese Mantis10 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/656064088

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