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Oxford Park

Oxford Park from directly overhead

Oxford Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbia Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29252, -83.26707

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Organic Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 7.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 2.0 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 3.9 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 7.1 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 7.3 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 8.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 22
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Belle Isle Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 16.0 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 332°297 m16.6 mi
Mt TomN 354°257 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

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

  • Black Swallowtail132 obs
  • Monarch126 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee22 obs
  • American Goldfinch18 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/407269305

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