Rochester Municipal Park
Rochester Municipal Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Halbach Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Halbach Field: 0.2 mi
- Scott Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Rotary Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
- Rochester Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Lions Park: 0.6 mi
- Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Childress Green Space Property: 0.9 mi
- Cloverport Green Space Property: 0.9 mi
- Rivercrest Green Space Property: 1.5 mi
- Avon Nature Study Area: 1.8 mi
- Newberry Hill: 1.2 mi
- Shelden Estate: 2.7 mi
- Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu: 3.5 mi
- Spring Hill Farm / Utica Nike Base: 4.8 mi
- Troy Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Pines Jump Line: 2.1 mi
- Step-Up/Down: 2.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 2.3 mi
- Mead Road Hill: 2.3 mi
- Day Star: 2.9 mi
- Untitled by Tom Bills: 3.0 mi
- Sunset Cube: 3.1 mi
- Untitled by Mel Leiserowitz: 3.1 mi
- Telegraph Exchange: 3.1 mi
- Wabash Park Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Shadbush Master Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Shadbush Master Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 5.6 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 6.8 mi
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm: 1.4 mi
- Van Hoosen Museum: 1.4 mi
- Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Oakland Township Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
- Troy Historic Village: 7.5 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 2.8 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 5.6 mi
- New Bald Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Baypoint Beach: 3.9 mi
- Eastwood Beach: 3.9 mi
- Secret Beach: 5.0 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.4 mi
- Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 11.7 mi
- Southdale Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Rose Sortor Gazebo: 11.5 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
- Otter picnic site: 14.4 mi
- Clarkston Rest Area 904: 18.0 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.7 mi
- Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 22.5 mi
- Capac Rest Area 913: 23.2 mi
- The High Banks: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rochester Municipal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | WNW 284° | 388 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Christie | NW 326° | 387 m | 16.7 mi |
| Grampian Hills | NNW 340° | 375 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 289° | 367 m | 12.3 mi |
| Kerr Hill | NW 319° | 367 m | 19.3 mi |
| Enders Hill | WNW 300° | 366 m | 20.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 289° | 351 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | W 259° | 351 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 7 mi away.
- Mallard90 obs
- White-tailed Deer83 obs
- dame's rocket44 obs
- Dryad's Saddle34 obs
- Amur honeysuckle32 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing32 obs
- Monarch28 obs
- American Toad28 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/40912309
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