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Steinhauser Park

Steinhauser Park from directly overhead

Steinhauser Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Decorative Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
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Coordinates42.48432, -83.07480
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Decorative Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 4.6 mi
Parks
Museums
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.4 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.6 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.8 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 19
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt Tom: 11.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 16.5 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 16.7 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 17.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 4.0 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 4.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 330°388 m17.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 344°375 m23.7 mi
Pine KnobNW 320°367 m23.3 mi
Bald MountainNNW 333°351 m17.4 mi
Twombly MountainN 358°349 m24.6 mi
Mount JudahNW 324°345 m19.4 mi
Waterford HillNW 313°342 m23.2 mi
Fibber MountainN 353°302 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal392 obs
  • American Goldfinch380 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird376 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco362 obs
  • Blue Jay323 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker321 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole319 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker280 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/470882934

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