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Moelke Park

Moelke Park from directly overhead

Moelke Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hearthstone Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.43277, -83.32407
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 1.7 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 2.3 mi
  • The Giving Tree: 4.6 mi
  • Rockpile Art Pyramid: 5.2 mi
  • Deer Blind Tree Stands: 5.8 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 5.9 mi
Gardens
  • Rock Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Rose Garden + Eye Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites: 43
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 6.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Peak 1083: 18.0 mi
  • Mont Beau: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 22.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 12°388 m19.2 mi
Pine KnobN 354°367 m21.6 mi
Mount KanzerNW 313°351 m19.0 mi
Bald MountainNNE 14°351 m19.6 mi
Mount OmichNW 316°347 m19.0 mi
Mount JudahN 4°345 m19.3 mi
Waterford HillNNW 347°342 m19.7 mi
Teeple HillNW 320°336 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • Rock Pigeon14 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver11 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • white mulberry10 obs
  • Japanese Beetle10 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/304461814

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