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Oak Park

Oak Park from directly overhead

Oak Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Berston Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 96 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
228 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Flint

How to reach it

Coordinates43.03974, -83.68935

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 1.2 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 1.4 mi
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
  • Columbiaville Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
  • Fenton House: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 8
Beaches: 7
  • South Shore Beach: 7.2 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Day Camp Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Dead Man's Pass: 9.4 mi
  • Mount Holly: 16.0 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 16.4 mi
  • Enders Hill: 17.6 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 9.0 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 10.4 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 14.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.9 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 3.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieESE 120°387 m21.3 mi
Kerr HillESE 123°367 m18.1 mi
Enders HillSE 145°366 m17.6 mi
Mount HollySSE 157°340 m16.0 mi
Genesee County High PointS 185°315 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5620:3521:18
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0416:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.71.93.43.73.13.43.32.93.02.42.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flint 7W, 4 mi away.

  • Ivory Gull11 obs
  • chicory9 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • purple loosestrife7 obs
  • American Toad6 obs
  • Red Clover5 obs
  • wild carrot5 obs
  • Mallard4 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/646588343

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