Skip to content
Byway
Park · Michigan

Stratford Woods Commons

Stratford Woods Commons from directly overhead

Stratford Woods Commons is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46991, -83.21269
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.9 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 3.2 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • Freeway Park: 0.7 mi
  • David H. Shepherd Park: 1.2 mi
  • Harding Tot Lot: 1.3 mi
  • Harding Tot Lot: 1.3 mi
  • Mary Thompson Farm: 1.4 mi
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 3.9 mi
  • The Birmingham Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 2.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 2.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 2.7 mi
  • Aardvark: 2.7 mi
  • Seal: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 2.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Aero View Beach: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 17
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 354°388 m16.3 mi
Grampian HillsN 1°375 m23.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 337°367 m20.5 mi
Bald MountainN 357°351 m16.5 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 298°351 m22.1 mi
Mount OmichWNW 300°347 m21.9 mi
Mount JudahNNW 345°345 m17.3 mi
Waterford HillNNW 329°342 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel13 obs
  • Scissor Grinder12 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • common buckthorn9 obs
  • Black Swallowtail9 obs
  • ground-ivy8 obs
  • Japanese Beetle8 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/272969330

More parks in Michigan

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Stratford Woods Commons.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens