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North Glen Park

North Glen Park from directly overhead

North Glen Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 246 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruby Green Space Property, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.7 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
246 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.61406, -83.16136
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Fountain of Eternal Memories: 1.7 mi
  • Guardian Angel Columbarium: 1.7 mi
  • Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu: 1.8 mi
  • Persian Gulf Memorial: 1.8 mi
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 2.7 mi
  • Step Pools: 2.8 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 2.8 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 2.8 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Secret Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Bald Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 7.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 7.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Mt Tom: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 9.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 18.7 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 325°388 m7.6 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 336°387 m20.5 mi
Grampian HillsN 351°375 m13.9 mi
Pine KnobNW 310°367 m13.8 mi
Kerr HillNNW 329°367 m22.7 mi
Enders HillNW 312°366 m22.4 mi
Bald MountainNNW 332°351 m7.4 mi
Mount KanzerW 271°351 m22.1 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 solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer101 obs
  • Wild Turkey59 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage57 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
  • garlic mustard33 obs
  • dame's rocket27 obs
  • Mallard25 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel23 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/778094092

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