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Oakbrook Park

Oakbrook Park from directly overhead

Oakbrook Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Norfolk Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 24 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.27036, -83.59411
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 2.3 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.2 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.2 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 4.0 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 5.1 mi
  • Decode: 5.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 6.1 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 6.2 mi
  • Palmer House: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Frog Island Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Cultivate Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Matthaei Botanical Gardens Display Gardens: 4.0 mi
Museums: 46
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.4 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Martindale Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Prospect Hill: 17.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 18.5 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 19.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 19.5 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 5.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.8 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 329°405 m21.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 330°399 m21.6 mi
Mount KanzerN 360°351 m24.2 mi
Mount OmichN 1°347 m24.8 mi
Riley HillWNW 285°317 m24.9 mi
Peach MountainWNW 299°313 m19.2 mi
Mont BeauN 359°311 m23.4 mi
Halsted HillNNE 29°297 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common buckthorn56 obs
  • wild carrot40 obs
  • cutleaf teasel40 obs
  • Monarch38 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty37 obs
  • wild geranium35 obs
  • American Toad33 obs
  • New England aster33 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/530776438

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