Olsen Park
Olsen Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Park: 0.6 mi
- Shadyside Park: 0.8 mi
- George George Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Clinton River Park: 1.1 mi
- Gazebo Park: 1.1 mi
- Gold Star Family Monument: 2.1 mi
- Helicopter Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Huey Helicopter: 4.5 mi
- F-4 Phantom Jet: 4.5 mi
- M60 Main Battle Tank: 4.6 mi
- Grindstone: 3.8 mi
- Children Playing statue: 4.8 mi
- The Halo: 5.6 mi
- The Seed: 6.0 mi
- Sarah's Heirloom: 6.0 mi
- AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 4.3 mi
- WWII Cannon: 4.3 mi
- NIKE Hercules Missile: 4.3 mi
- NIKE-AJAX Missile: 4.4 mi
- Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 6.1 mi
- Michigan Transit Museum: 0.9 mi
- Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 1.7 mi
- The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
- Selfridge Air Museum: 4.3 mi
- Chesterfield Historic Village: 5.7 mi
- MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 4.2 mi
- Hope Garden: 6.3 mi
- Friendship Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 9.2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Salt River Marsh State Wildlife Area: 7.9 mi
- Chesterfield Township State Game Area: 9.3 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Secret Beach: 9.3 mi
- Accretion Beach: 12.3 mi
- Little Beach: 12.5 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.7 mi
- Eastwood Beach: 13.6 mi
- Southdale Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Main picnic site: 15.2 mi
- Otter picnic site: 15.2 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 15.2 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 14.6 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 14.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 19.1 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 19.7 mi
- Twombly Mountain: 20.2 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 13.9 mi
- Adair Rest Area 909: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Olsen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | WNW 294° | 388 m | 19.7 mi |
| Grampian Hills | NW 315° | 375 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 296° | 351 m | 19.1 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | NNW 331° | 349 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Judah | WNW 293° | 345 m | 22.4 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NW 311° | 302 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NW 310° | 290 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | WSW 258° | 257 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:16 | 17:02 |
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 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 4 mi away.
- Mallard22 obs
- ground-ivy16 obs
- lesser celandine15 obs
- Monarch14 obs
- American pokeweed13 obs
- Virginia bluebells13 obs
- common hackberry11 obs
- box elder10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/503927874
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