Oakland Drive Park
Oakland Drive Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Bald Hill stands 334 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Haverhill Park, a park 1.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Portage Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Haverhill Park: 1.1 mi
- Central Park: 1.3 mi
- Liberty Park: 1.4 mi
- Millennium Park: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Bishop's Bog Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Eliason Nature Reserve: 2.5 mi
- Justin's Marsh: 3.7 mi
- Schellenberg Woods: 6.3 mi
- West Douglas Neighborhood Park: 6.3 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 1.6 mi
- Year Round Golf: 5.3 mi
- South Street: 5.9 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 5.9 mi
- Leo J. Burch Park: 6.3 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 3.3 mi
- Air Zoo: 3.5 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 6.2 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 4.5 mi
- Bird Effigy: 5.0 mi
- The Professor: 5.1 mi
- The Committee: 5.2 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 5.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Western W: 5.2 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 6.0 mi
- Burdick Street: 6.0 mi
- Art Deco: 6.1 mi
- God's Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 6.4 mi
- People's Plot: 19.0 mi
- People's Plot: 19.0 mi
- Mushroom garden: 19.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 14.0 mi
- Mount Misery: 19.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 20.7 mi
- The Hogback: 21.8 mi
- Colon Mountain: 22.1 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 10.4 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Willard Beach: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oakland Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | SSW 211° | 334 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Misery | SSW 205° | 317 m | 19.4 mi |
| Colon Mountain | SE 145° | 287 m | 22.1 mi |
| The Hogback | NNE 31° | 282 m | 21.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 268° | 244 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:29 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer40 obs
- dame's rocket37 obs
- garlic mustard33 obs
- common motherwort22 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- purple crownvetch16 obs
- Spongy Moth15 obs
- common milkweed15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/289894316
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