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Red Run Park

Red Run Park from directly overhead

Red Run Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wagner Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
197 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.51394, -83.13155
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 1.5 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 1.9 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.3 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Children's Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 8.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 14.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 14.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 2.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 336°388 m14.4 mi
Grampian HillsN 350°375 m21.0 mi
Pine KnobNW 323°367 m19.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 340°351 m14.3 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 287°351 m24.8 mi
Twombly MountainN 6°349 m22.7 mi
Mount OmichWNW 289°347 m24.4 mi
Mount JudahNNW 328°345 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bloodroot65 obs
  • yellow trout lily49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel48 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • Celandine Poppy38 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • wild geranium36 obs
  • large white trillium31 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/55626838

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