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Schroeder Park

Schroeder Park from directly overhead

Schroeder Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Leo Burnett Greenspace, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
240 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.56664, -83.19601

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Hill School Bell: 1.8 mi
  • Birmingham Ice Arena: 1.9 mi
  • Smith House: 3.8 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 5.1 mi
  • I - Beech Maple Forest, Fallen Log & Study: 5.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Barnum School Archway: 1.9 mi
  • World War I Polar Bear Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Chapel of Flowers: 2.0 mi
  • Chapel of Memories: 2.0 mi
  • World War II Four Freedoms Memorial: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 2.4 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Sunken Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Sundial Garden: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 31
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 6.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 6.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Secret Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 12.0 mi
Peaks: 21
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 345°388 m9.9 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 343°387 m22.9 mi
Grampian HillsN 359°375 m17.1 mi
Pine KnobNW 324°367 m15.1 mi
Kerr HillNNW 337°367 m24.8 mi
Enders HillNW 321°366 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainN 350°351 m9.9 mi
Mount KanzerW 280°351 m20.7 mi

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 solstice08:0016:1717:03

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, 6 mi away.

  • Chinese Mantis79 obs
  • chicory51 obs
  • White-tailed Deer39 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • wild carrot37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • white clover25 obs
  • Grayish Jumping Spider23 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/704209921

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