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Pastor Park

Pastor Park from directly overhead

Pastor Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Livonia Public Schools, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
196 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.38978, -83.36225
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Livonia Public Schools: 0.5 mi
  • Harry Wolf Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Bai-Lynn Play Field: 0.5 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.6 mi
  • Larry Nehasil Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.9 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
  • Madonna Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Bainbridge Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Tree Climb Feature: 2.4 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 2.4 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 2.9 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 4.4 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 5.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 13.1 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Halsted Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Mt Tom: 9.8 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Peak 1083: 19.4 mi
  • Mont Beau: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 15°388 m22.5 mi
Pine KnobN 359°367 m24.4 mi
Mount KanzerNW 323°351 m19.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 17°351 m23.0 mi
Mount OmichNW 326°347 m20.1 mi
Mount JudahN 8°345 m22.5 mi
Waterford HillN 354°342 m22.3 mi
Teeple HillNNW 330°336 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose43 obs
  • White-tailed Deer31 obs
  • Monarch24 obs
  • Black Swallowtail23 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail15 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee15 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel13 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/240629454

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