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Normandy Park

Normandy Park from directly overhead

Normandy Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Prince Drewry Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54965, -82.90720

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 60
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 1.7 mi
  • Michigan Transit Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 4.4 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves: 51
Gardens: 51
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 13.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 13.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 13.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 13.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Mt Tom: 20.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 16.4 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 302°388 m20.3 mi
Grampian HillsNW 320°375 m23.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 304°351 m19.7 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 336°349 m22.1 mi
Mount JudahWNW 299°345 m22.9 mi
Fibber MountainNW 319°302 m15.9 mi
Mt. SheldonNW 319°290 m15.9 mi
Mt TomW 265°257 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 6 mi away.

  • Monarch14 obs
  • Peck's Skipper9 obs
  • ground-ivy8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 obs
  • Red Clover6 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver6 obs
  • Black Swallowtail6 obs
  • Spotted Orbweaver6 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/318323193

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