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Thelma G. Spencer Park

Thelma G. Spencer Park from directly overhead

Thelma G. Spencer Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Donald J Flynn Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
214 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.62855, -83.10736
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donald J Flynn Park: 0.6 mi
  • Brooklands Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Village Club at Rochester Hills Park & Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Borden Park: 1.5 mi
  • Stone Ridge North Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Turtle Woods Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Ruby Green Space Property: 2.5 mi
  • Cloverport Green Space Property: 3.4 mi
  • Childress Green Space Property: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 2.5 mi
  • Big Idea Chair: 4.2 mi
  • Step Pools: 4.2 mi
  • Waterfall Pointe: 4.3 mi
  • Adams Road Mastodon: 4.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 23
  • Secret Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 21
Picnic sites: 13
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 20.8 mi
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 307°388 m8.8 mi
Mount ChristieNNW 328°387 m20.9 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 339°375 m13.7 mi
Pine KnobWNW 301°367 m15.5 mi
Kerr HillNW 322°367 m23.4 mi
Enders HillNW 306°366 m23.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 312°351 m8.3 mi
Mount KanzerW 269°351 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5520:3221:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer22 obs
  • mayapple17 obs
  • yellow trout lily16 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit16 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
  • Mallard12 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • large white trillium9 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/354321513

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