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Pioneer Park

Pioneer Park from directly overhead

Pioneer Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Maudlin Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.52592, -83.19535

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 0.9 mi
  • Hill School Bell: 1.9 mi
  • Sloth: 3.7 mi
  • Aardvark: 3.7 mi
  • Seal: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
  • The Birmingham Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Cranbrook House and Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Cranbrook Art Museum: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 5.8 mi
  • American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 31
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 3.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 12.8 mi
Peaks: 18
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 348°388 m12.6 mi
Grampian HillsN 359°375 m19.9 mi
Pine KnobNNW 330°367 m17.4 mi
Bald MountainN 352°351 m12.7 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 288°351 m21.4 mi
Twombly MountainNNE 14°349 m22.4 mi
Mount OmichWNW 290°347 m21.1 mi
Mount JudahNNW 338°345 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968737164514030
Precip in2.21.92.22.93.83.33.13.22.92.93.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 8 mi away.

  • Chinese Mantis60 obs
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Black Swallowtail30 obs
  • American Toad23 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail16 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/653369259

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