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Palmer Park

Palmer Park from directly overhead

Palmer Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.42416, -83.11798
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Reflections Portal: 0.6 mi
  • Way Too Many: 1.0 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.2 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 4.0 mi
  • The Way We Move: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Woodward-7 Mile Park: 0.6 mi
  • Belden-Santa Maria Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pilgrim Village/Martin Park Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Coventry Park: 1.1 mi
  • State Fair Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 1.2 mi
  • Woodward: 1.7 mi
  • Detroit July 1967: 3.4 mi
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 3.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Hamtramck Disneyland: 3.2 mi
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 4.0 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 4.0 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 4.1 mi
  • Vultures: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 7.1 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.8 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • Main picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.0 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.1 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mt Tom: 11.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 20.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 20.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 341°388 m20.4 mi
Bald MountainNNW 344°351 m20.4 mi
Mount JudahNNW 335°345 m21.9 mi
Waterford HillNW 323°342 m24.8 mi
Fibber MountainN 1°302 m20.7 mi
Halsted HillWNW 290°297 m16.4 mi
Mt. SheldonN 1°290 m20.6 mi
Mt TomNW 307°257 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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
  • American pokeweed25 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit22 obs
  • American cancer-root22 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • mayapple20 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle20 obs
  • common buckthorn19 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 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/58897794

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