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Thomas L. Chappelle Park

Thomas L. Chappelle Park from directly overhead

Thomas L. Chappelle Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Baumgartner Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.55811, -82.99107
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Hope Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Secret Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.0 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 12.9 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 13.0 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 16.0 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 9.9 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.9 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.9 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.9 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.8 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 308°388 m16.5 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 329°375 m20.7 mi
Pine KnobNW 304°367 m23.1 mi
Bald MountainNW 311°351 m16.0 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 346°349 m20.1 mi
Mount JudahNW 304°345 m18.9 mi
Waterford HillWNW 296°342 m23.8 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 332°302 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
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 °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Peck's Skipper17 obs
  • Wild Turkey9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider9 obs
  • Blue Jay7 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole6 obs
  • box elder6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/699142817

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