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Shiawassee Park

Shiawassee Park from directly overhead

Shiawassee Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Riley Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.8 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
212 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46362, -83.36882
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riley Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dinan Park: 0.4 mi
  • Masons Corner: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Women's Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 2.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Outdoor Classroom: 3.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Windridge Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Woodland Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Grandview Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Bicentennial Park Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 10.1 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Lone Pine Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Mt Tom: 5.5 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Peak 1083: 14.9 mi
  • Mont Beau: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 283°405 m23.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 283°399 m23.0 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 20°388 m17.8 mi
Pine KnobN 360°367 m19.3 mi
Mount KanzerNW 313°351 m15.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 23°351 m18.3 mi
Mount OmichNW 316°347 m15.9 mi
Mount JudahNNE 12°345 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2118:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer73 obs
  • Wild Turkey51 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing32 obs
  • Planthopper Parasite Moth31 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage30 obs
  • wild bergamot30 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Western Honey Bee26 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/223087614

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