Red Oaks Nature Center
Red Oaks Nature Center is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.8 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Polish Cultural Center: 2.2 mi
- Clawson Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ambassador Park: 0.3 mi
- Red Oaks Dog Park: 0.4 mi
- Silverleaf Park: 0.6 mi
- Senior Center Park: 0.8 mi
- Gravel Park: 0.8 mi
- Governor Alex J. Grosebeck Historic Marker: 2.5 mi
- GM Technical Center Historic Marker: 2.5 mi
- Warren Starburst: 3.5 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 3.6 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Decorative Garden: 2.6 mi
- Center Line Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Friendship Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- The Star Dream: 3.2 mi
- Angel and Baby Statue: 4.4 mi
- Dance Chimes: 4.7 mi
- Fireman & Child: 5.4 mi
- Public Art: 6.1 mi
- Quickstad Park: 3.2 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Turtle Woods Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Ruby Green Space Property: 8.3 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 4.0 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 4.1 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 4.1 mi
- Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Red Panda Forest: 4.2 mi
- Sloth: 4.3 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 8.5 mi
- Secret Beach: 9.1 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 12.1 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.0 mi
- Little Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 10.4 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 14.1 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 14.9 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.1 mi
- Otter picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Main picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Oaks Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 329° | 388 m | 15.1 mi |
| Grampian Hills | NNW 345° | 375 m | 21.2 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 318° | 367 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 332° | 351 m | 14.9 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | N 1° | 349 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Judah | NW 322° | 345 m | 17.0 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 310° | 342 m | 20.9 mi |
| Teeple Hill | WNW 289° | 336 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 9 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel56 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit49 obs
- wild geranium38 obs
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- bloodroot27 obs
- American pokeweed26 obs
- yellow trout lily24 obs
- mayapple24 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/42785117
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