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Rinke Park

Rinke Park from directly overhead

Rinke Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is All Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.5 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.50373, -83.02080
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Center Line Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Hope Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 3.8 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.8 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
  • Upton House Museum: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 17
  • Accretion Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.8 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 14.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.7 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 6.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 320°388 m18.0 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 337°375 m23.3 mi
Pine KnobNW 313°367 m24.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°351 m17.7 mi
Twombly MountainN 352°349 m23.5 mi
Mount JudahNW 315°345 m20.2 mi
Waterford HillNW 306°342 m24.5 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 343°302 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch227 obs
  • Zebra Jumping Spider35 obs
  • Black Swallowtail31 obs
  • American Robin28 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
  • American Winter Ant22 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 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/715093901

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