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Packard Park

Packard Park from directly overhead

Packard Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.9 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Roseville
Getting there

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Coordinates42.48360, -82.95475
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 0.8 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 3.6 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 4.2 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 7.4 mi
  • Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 8.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves: 60
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 6.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Main picnic site: 10.1 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Mt Tom: 17.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 18.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 20.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 316°388 m21.3 mi
Bald MountainNW 318°351 m20.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 312°345 m23.6 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 334°302 m18.5 mi
Halsted HillW 274°297 m23.7 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 334°290 m18.3 mi
Mt TomW 279°257 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:13
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 °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
  • European Starling12 obs
  • Rock Pigeon11 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Blue Jay8 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/757746836

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