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Redwood Park

Redwood Park from directly overhead

Redwood Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grant Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54169, -83.12296

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grant Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hunter Park: 0.9 mi
  • Robinwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Parkland Park: 1.1 mi
  • Milverton Park: 1.2 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Secret Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 13.0 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 9.0 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 12.5 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 12.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 4.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 4.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.1 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 331°388 m12.9 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 348°375 m19.2 mi
Pine KnobNW 318°367 m18.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 335°351 m12.7 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 283°351 m24.7 mi
Twombly MountainN 5°349 m20.7 mi
Mount OmichWNW 285°347 m24.3 mi
Mount JudahNW 323°345 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
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, 10 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel35 obs
  • Canada Goose18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer17 obs
  • American Robin14 obs
  • House Sparrow14 obs
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider12 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail11 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/51800945

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