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Oak Park

Oak Park from directly overhead

Oak Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Square Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 142 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56110, -84.84038

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Courthouse Park: 0.3 mi
  • Charlotte park: 0.3 mi
  • Dean Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Water Tower Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 42
Historic sites: 41
Museums: 27
  • Courthouse Square Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Michigan's G.A.R. Memorial Hall & Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Mid Michigan Scout Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Miller Farm Eaton Rapids Area Historcal Society: 10.6 mi
  • Michigan History Museum: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Memorial Tree Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Webster Farms Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Trail Map Kiosk: 1.1 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 12.1 mi
  • Michigan State Capitol: 18.8 mi
  • White Capitol House: 18.8 mi
  • Sawmill: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 8.1 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 17.5 mi
  • Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 17.8 mi
  • Marshall Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Portland Rest Area 531: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Area 1: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 16.8 mi
Peaks: 3
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 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
Teaspoon HillESE 105°320 m21.2 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSE 153°297 m13.5 mi
Holibaugh HillsSE 142°296 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0320:3821:21
September equinox07:2719:0119:39
December solstice08:0716:2417:10

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222534465767716962503829
Precip in2.31.72.33.44.03.83.03.63.23.62.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte, 1 mi away.

  • Dryad's Saddle8 obs
  • dame's rocket7 obs
  • wild geranium7 obs
  • false rue anemone5 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty5 obs
  • wood nettle5 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches4 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/396464090

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