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Raintree Park

Raintree Park from directly overhead

Raintree Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeside Commons, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57363, -83.11273

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakeside Commons: 0.2 mi
  • John R Park: 0.3 mi
  • Beaver Trail Park: 0.8 mi
  • Gateway Park: 1.0 mi
  • Big Beaver Road Park: 1.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Chapel of Psalms: 2.7 mi
  • Fountain of Eternal Memories: 2.7 mi
  • Chapel of Memories: 2.7 mi
  • Chapel of Flowers: 2.7 mi
  • World War I Polar Bear Memorial: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 4.7 mi
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 5.4 mi
  • Hill School Bell: 5.8 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 5.8 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 6.5 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 10.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 10.2 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 10.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 7.0 mi
  • Main picnic site: 7.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.3 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 323°388 m11.3 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 333°387 m24.1 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 344°375 m17.2 mi
Pine KnobNW 312°367 m17.5 mi
Bald MountainNNW 327°351 m11.0 mi
Mount KanzerW 278°351 m24.8 mi
Twombly MountainN 4°349 m18.5 mi
Mount OmichW 279°347 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel57 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail26 obs
  • Northern Cardinal24 obs
  • American Robin21 obs
  • common buckthorn20 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • Mallard16 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/232818289

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