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Rosie's Park

Rosie's Park from directly overhead

Rosie's Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Exchange Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.49548, -83.09385
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 1.4 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 3.6 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
Gardens
  • Decorative Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Main picnic site: 3.2 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 3.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 10.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.7 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 15.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.3 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 332°388 m16.4 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 346°375 m22.7 mi
Pine KnobNW 321°367 m22.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 335°351 m16.3 mi
Twombly MountainN 1°349 m23.9 mi
Mount JudahNW 325°345 m18.2 mi
Waterford HillNW 313°342 m22.0 mi
Fibber MountainN 357°302 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal404 obs
  • American Goldfinch383 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird376 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco366 obs
  • Blue Jay340 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker338 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole328 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker281 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/236094779

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