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Oakland Park

Oakland Park from directly overhead

Oakland Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Aaron Perry Park II, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
296 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.65481, -83.28401
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aaron Perry Park II: 0.3 mi
  • Aaron Perry Park I: 0.3 mi
  • Charles Harrison Park: 0.7 mi
  • Baldwin Park: 0.7 mi
  • Art Heaton Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • The Buckley Fountain: 1.1 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Major Oliver Williams Farm Site: 3.5 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 4.2 mi
Museums: 60
Attractions
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 2.5 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 3.6 mi
  • Covered Bridge: 3.8 mi
  • Aquafina Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 3.7 mi
  • Amberwood Conservation Area: 3.8 mi
  • E.L. Johnson Nature Center: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 57
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 4.5 mi
  • Farm Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Bog Garden: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 4.3 mi
  • West Shelter: 8.3 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Russell Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 9.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 11.9 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 29°388 m3.9 mi
Mount ChristieN 352°387 m16.0 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 20°375 m11.7 mi
Pine KnobNW 325°367 m7.5 mi
Kerr HillNNW 342°367 m17.5 mi
Enders HillNW 320°366 m16.1 mi
Bald MountainNE 37°351 m4.6 mi
Mount KanzerW 262°351 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dryad's Saddle6 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver5 obs
  • chicory5 obs
  • tree-of-heaven5 obs
  • American Toad5 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly5 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail4 obs
  • Mourning Dove3 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/468612463

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