Optimist Park
Optimist Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gaffke Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gaffke Park: 0.6 mi
- Huron Park: 0.9 mi
- George & Maggie Rollinger Park: 1.2 mi
- Lions Park: 1.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 2.5 mi
- Cook Schoolhouse: 4.8 mi
- Michigan Transit Museum: 6.9 mi
- Upton House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Helicopter Memorial: 2.7 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Statue of St. Pope John Paul II: 4.7 mi
- Huey Helicopter: 5.2 mi
- F-4 Phantom Jet: 5.2 mi
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 5.6 mi
- Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 8.0 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 9.5 mi
- WWII Cannon: 10.0 mi
- Grindstone: 4.3 mi
- Angel and Baby Statue: 4.7 mi
- Children Playing statue: 6.4 mi
- Spiral Note: 7.6 mi
- Two Bears: 7.6 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Turtle Woods Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Quickstad Park: 12.0 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Hope Garden: 3.1 mi
- Friendship Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
- Accretion Beach: 6.7 mi
- Little Beach: 6.9 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 7.1 mi
- Hipster Beach: 10.7 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 11.2 mi
- Main picnic site: 11.8 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 11.8 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
- Otter picnic site: 11.8 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 18.0 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 18.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 19.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 21.1 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 21.6 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.6 mi
- Adair Rest Area 909: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Optimist Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NW 311° | 388 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 313° | 351 m | 21.1 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | NNW 340° | 349 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Judah | NW 307° | 345 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 328° | 302 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 328° | 290 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mt Tom | W 275° | 257 m | 19.2 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 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
- Monarch16 obs
- European Starling15 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 obs
- Western Honey Bee13 obs
- Rock Pigeon12 obs
- Black Swallowtail11 obs
- Blue Jay10 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/633372881
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