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Spindler Park

Spindler Park from directly overhead

Spindler Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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How to reach it

Coordinates42.47129, -82.91929

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frederick Park: 0.5 mi
  • Roxana Park: 0.6 mi
  • Saint Basil Park: 0.8 mi
  • JFK Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fairlane Park: 1.1 mi
Museums
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 2.7 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery: 8.2 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 8.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 52
Nature reserves: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 5.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Mt Tom: 19.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 20.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 22.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 314°388 m23.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 316°351 m22.8 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 331°302 m20.0 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 330°290 m19.9 mi
Mt TomW 281°257 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
  • Black Swallowtail14 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider13 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade11 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal9 obs
  • American Robin9 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/568381580

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