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O'Hair Park

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O'Hair Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuttle Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
201 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Detroit Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.43881, -83.23204
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 6.2 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 1.9 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.5 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Ockham's Wedge: 2.6 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 5.6 mi
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 5.7 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 6.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 4.4 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 4.4 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 4.4 mi
  • Wolverine: 4.5 mi
  • Seal: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 4.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 4.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 358°388 m18.4 mi
Pine KnobNNW 342°367 m22.2 mi
Bald MountainN 0°351 m18.6 mi
Mount KanzerNW 304°351 m22.4 mi
Mount OmichNW 306°347 m22.3 mi
Mount JudahN 350°345 m19.2 mi
Waterford HillNNW 334°342 m20.9 mi
Teeple HillNW 309°336 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • American cancer-root5 obs
  • European lily of the valley4 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth4 obs
  • winged euonymus4 obs
  • Oak Leaf Gall Midge4 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail3 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel3 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/79583125

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