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Osius Municipal Park

Osius Municipal Park from directly overhead

Osius Municipal Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What the record says

Elevation
177 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Grosse Pointe Shores
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45882, -82.87741

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Blossom Heath Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wahby Park: 1.2 mi
  • Gerald C. Schroeder Athletic Fields: 1.5 mi
  • George Osius Municipal Park: 1.5 mi
  • Jules De Porre Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 57
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 2.4 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.8 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery: 8.5 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 49
Nature reserves: 42
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 3.9 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 14.0 mi
  • Main picnic site: 14.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 14.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Mt. Sheldon: 21.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 21.9 mi
  • Mt Tom: 21.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 314°351 m24.9 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 327°302 m21.9 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 327°290 m21.8 mi
Mt TomWNW 282°257 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 4 mi away.

  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • Monarch16 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade16 obs
  • Common Watersnake15 obs
  • Virginia bluebells15 obs
  • cutleaf coneflower15 obs
  • Great Blue Heron13 obs
  • American pokeweed13 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/542274303

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