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Nardin Park

Nardin Park from directly overhead

Nardin Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Grande Ballroom, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.8 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36804, -83.13232

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • McCabe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dinning Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wiley Playlot: 0.6 mi
  • McShane Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sirotkin Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • Frontier Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 3.6 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.8 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 9.5 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Main picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Mt Tom: 13.7 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 24.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 24.0 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 346°388 m24.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 348°351 m24.0 mi
Fibber MountainN 2°302 m24.6 mi
Halsted HillWNW 303°297 m17.4 mi
Mt. SheldonN 2°290 m24.5 mi
Mt TomNW 322°257 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 3 mi away.

  • dense blazing star36 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake35 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake20 obs
  • Black Swallowtail19 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider13 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth10 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/327698895

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