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(North) James C. Nelson Park

(North) James C. Nelson Park from directly overhead

(North) James C. Nelson Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is (South) James C. Nelson Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sterling Heights

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.55215, -83.07885
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • (South) James C. Nelson Park: 0.2 mi
  • (South) James C. Nelson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Puffin Park: 0.3 mi
  • Beaver Creek Park: 1.0 mi
  • Avis Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Decorative Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Hope Garden: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 4.6 mi
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 5.9 mi
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 6.3 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 6.4 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Mt Tom: 11.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 11.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 12.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 6.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 6.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.5 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 321°388 m13.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 341°375 m19.1 mi
Pine KnobNW 312°367 m19.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 325°351 m13.2 mi
Twombly MountainN 359°349 m20.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 315°345 m15.7 mi
Waterford HillWNW 303°342 m20.1 mi
Teeple HillWNW 283°336 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel40 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer17 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail16 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider16 obs
  • common buckthorn13 obs
  • Monarch12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/84509770

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