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Mies Park

Mies Park from directly overhead

Mies Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Kleinert Play Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.35937, -83.36235
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kleinert Play Field: 0.2 mi
  • Shelden Pool: 0.6 mi
  • Shelden Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Devon-Aire Woods Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 0.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 0.9 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 2.3 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 5.6 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • City Park: 2.7 mi
  • Madonna Park: 2.7 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 5.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Hello: 5.2 mi
  • Land and Sea: 5.3 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 5.3 mi
  • Triangle Stack: 5.3 mi
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 5.5 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 13.1 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 13.1 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 14.9 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 15.7 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Halsted Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Mt Tom: 11.8 mi
  • Mont Beau: 21.1 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Peak 1083: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 14°388 m24.6 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 327°351 m21.6 mi
Mount OmichNNW 329°347 m21.8 mi
Mount JudahN 7°345 m24.6 mi
Waterford HillN 354°342 m24.4 mi
Teeple HillNNW 333°336 m21.2 mi
Peak 1083NNW 333°330 m21.2 mi
Haven HillNNW 332°323 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5619:33
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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail30 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • American Toad15 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee14 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/325976708

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