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Murphy Park

Murphy Park from directly overhead

Murphy Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 276 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is South Kiwanis Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
276 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.62631, -83.26489
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Kiwanis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shirley & Willard Park: 0.7 mi
  • Steed Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ferry Farms Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Mattie McKinney Hatchett Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Buckley Fountain: 1.8 mi
  • The Visitation: 2.5 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 3.1 mi
  • Bagley Inn: 3.1 mi
  • Old Edison House: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 2.1 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 3.3 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 3.8 mi
  • Aquafina Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Smith House: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 2.5 mi
  • Farm Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Bog Garden: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • E.L. Johnson Nature Center: 2.5 mi
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 5.0 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.0 mi
  • Ruby Green Space Property: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 32
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 4.1 mi
  • West Shelter: 9.8 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 23
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 10°388 m5.5 mi
Mount ChristieN 350°387 m18.1 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 13°375 m13.3 mi
Pine KnobNNW 327°367 m9.7 mi
Kerr HillNNW 341°367 m19.7 mi
Enders HillNW 321°366 m18.2 mi
Bald MountainNNE 18°351 m5.9 mi
Mount KanzerW 269°351 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • chicory10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail9 obs
  • Canada Goose6 obs
  • Grape Phylloxera6 obs
  • common buckthorn5 obs
  • tree-of-heaven5 obs
  • European Starling4 obs
  • Northern Flicker4 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/552071890

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