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Reid Park

Reid Park from directly overhead

Reid Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Milan Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.41936, -83.24448
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 3.2 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Sunset Park: 4.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Ockham's Wedge: 3.8 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 4.3 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.6 mi
  • Sorenson House: 5.0 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 4.8 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.0 mi
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 5.7 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 5.8 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 5.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 5.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 360°388 m19.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 344°367 m23.3 mi
Bald MountainN 2°351 m20.0 mi
Mount KanzerNW 308°351 m22.7 mi
Mount OmichNW 310°347 m22.6 mi
Mount JudahN 352°345 m20.4 mi
Waterford HillNNW 337°342 m21.9 mi
Teeple HillNW 313°336 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • Western Honey Bee6 obs
  • Canada Goose5 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel5 obs
  • common star-of-Bethlehem5 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Red Clover4 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/326845525

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