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Murray Field

Murray Field from directly overhead

Murray Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kramer Homes Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
190 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.48010, -83.01971
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kramer Homes Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lions Park: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Miller Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rentz Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 4.5 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 6.0 mi
  • Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 59
  • Center Line Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Hope Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Accretion Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 6.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mt Tom: 14.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 17.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 17.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 323°388 m19.3 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 338°375 m24.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 326°351 m19.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 318°345 m21.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 344°302 m17.5 mi
Halsted HillW 275°297 m20.5 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 344°290 m17.4 mi
Mt TomWNW 282°257 m14.5 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 Swallowtail28 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 obs
  • Chinese Mantis11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • American pokeweed8 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/390473268

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