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Richardson Park

Richardson Park from directly overhead

Richardson Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Grace Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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How to reach it

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Coordinates42.63968, -83.28326
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Little Grace Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hidden River Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mattie McKinney Hatchett Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shirley & Willard Park: 0.7 mi
  • Charles Harrison Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • The Buckley Fountain: 0.5 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 1.8 mi
  • Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 60
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 3.8 mi
  • Farm Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Bog Garden: 5.2 mi
Attractions
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 1.6 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 3.1 mi
  • Aquafina Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 3.8 mi
  • Cass Lake East Sandbar: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • E.L. Johnson Nature Center: 3.2 mi
  • Hulbert Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
  • Staff Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
  • E. Dale Fisk Hawk Woods Nature Center: 4.5 mi
  • Amberwood Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 32
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 3.6 mi
  • West Shelter: 8.6 mi
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Russell Beach: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 12.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 23°388 m4.8 mi
Mount ChristieN 353°387 m17.1 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 18°375 m12.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 329°367 m8.4 mi
Kerr HillNNW 343°367 m18.5 mi
Enders HillNW 322°366 m16.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 30°351 m5.5 mi
Mount KanzerW 265°351 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1717:03

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • chicory9 obs
  • Grape Phylloxera6 obs
  • tree-of-heaven5 obs
  • Domestic Cat5 obs
  • Wild Turkey4 obs
  • Canada Goose4 obs
  • Groundhog4 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly4 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/468615475

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