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Physician's Park

Physician's Park from directly overhead

Physician's Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Mount Christie stands 387 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Blanc Heritage Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 26 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.92883, -83.63354
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 57
Nature reserves: 27
Peaks: 18
  • Mount Holly: 7.8 mi
  • Enders Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Pinnacle Point: 10.7 mi
  • Genesee County High Point: 10.8 mi
  • Kerr Hill: 12.5 mi
Museums: 16
  • Grand Blanc Heritage Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Whaley House Musuem: 6.8 mi
  • Sloan Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Buick Automotive Gallery: 7.0 mi
  • Davison Area Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Burton Veterans' Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Fenton House: 9.7 mi
  • Fenton Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Old Homestead: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Day Camp Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Overnight Beach: 4.7 mi
  • South Shore Beach: 10.8 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Clover Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Tyrone Sunken Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 17.1 mi
  • Hana's Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Art Miles Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • McLaren Healing Gardens: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 8.2 mi
  • Swartz Creek Rest Area 627: 12.0 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 14.8 mi
  • Clio Rest Area 612: 17.2 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Stainless Steel Butterfly: 10.0 mi
  • Welcome: 14.9 mi
  • PLRA Metal Bike Sign: 20.2 mi
  • Waterford Police Statue: 21.7 mi
  • Main Street Art: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • West Shelter: 20.1 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stepping Stone Falls: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChristieE 101°387 m15.9 mi
Grampian HillsESE 110°375 m23.2 mi
Kerr HillE 100°367 m12.5 mi
Pine KnobSE 134°367 m18.5 mi
Enders HillSE 132°366 m9.9 mi
Mount KanzerS 175°351 m21.4 mi
Mount OmichS 173°347 m20.8 mi
Mount JudahSE 131°345 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0919:47
June solstice05:5620:3421:18
September equinox07:2218:5619:34
December solstice08:0316:1717:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767706962503929
Precip in2.21.52.03.03.73.13.73.23.02.72.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodrich, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dame's rocket10 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird7 obs
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail7 obs
  • American Robin6 obs
  • box elder6 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail5 obs
  • Monarch5 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/550468943

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