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Rotary Park

Rotary Park from directly overhead

Rotary Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 282 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Missionary Baptist Church/Stout Street Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
282 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.63093, -83.30171

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trinity Missionary Baptist Church/Stout Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden River Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fisher Street Park: 0.8 mi
  • Argyle Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • (some steel object projecting out of the water): 0.6 mi
  • Reed Island Sandbar: 2.0 mi
  • Aquafina Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Kayak / Canoe Portage: 2.7 mi
  • Cass Lake East Sandbar: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • The Buckley Fountain: 0.8 mi
  • Lakeside Park Turtle Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Webb Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Firefighters Memorial: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 4.4 mi
  • Farm Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Bog Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 2.5 mi
  • West Shelter: 7.9 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 24
Beaches: 22
  • Lone Pine Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Russell Beach: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 29°388 m5.8 mi
Mount ChristieN 356°387 m17.6 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 21°375 m13.5 mi
Pine KnobNNW 336°367 m8.5 mi
Kerr HillNNW 346°367 m18.9 mi
Enders HillNW 326°366 m16.8 mi
Bald MountainNE 34°351 m6.5 mi
Mount KanzerW 267°351 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:46
June solstice05:5620:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0116:1817:03

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, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard31 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan23 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck14 obs
  • Mute Swan12 obs
  • Hooded Merganser8 obs
  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • Asian bittersweet7 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/552074820

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