Upton Park
Upton Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 216 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gunn-Dyer Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 216 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gunn-Dyer Park: 0.3 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.5 mi
- Maudlin Park: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Normandy Oaks Park: 0.7 mi
- Birmingham Ice Arena: 0.8 mi
- Hill School Bell: 2.2 mi
- Sloth: 3.6 mi
- Aardvark: 3.7 mi
- Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Red Panda Forest: 3.7 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 1.3 mi
- Barnum School Archway: 1.7 mi
- Altar of Atonement: 4.0 mi
- Chapel of Flowers: 4.0 mi
- Chapel of Memories: 4.1 mi
- Public Art: 1.5 mi
- Freedom of the Human Spirit: 2.0 mi
- Dance Chimes: 3.0 mi
- The Star Dream: 3.5 mi
- Sasquatch: 6.6 mi
- Quickstad Park: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 6.3 mi
- American Commerce Centre Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Clawson Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Birmingham Museum: 2.2 mi
- Troy Historic Village: 3.9 mi
- Cranbrook House and Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Children's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Lathrup Village Pride & Produce Garden: 3.0 mi
- The Sunken Garden: 4.1 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 3.7 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 3.8 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 3.8 mi
- Otter picnic site: 3.9 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 4.2 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 7.4 mi
- Secret Beach: 10.5 mi
- Westacres Beach: 13.0 mi
- Aero View Beach: 13.2 mi
- Mt Tom: 5.7 mi
- Halsted Hill: 12.0 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 13.9 mi
- Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 346° | 388 m | 12.6 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 357° | 375 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 328° | 367 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 350° | 351 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | WNW 287° | 351 m | 21.8 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | NNE 13° | 349 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Omich | WNW 289° | 347 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 336° | 345 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:32 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Wwtp, 8 mi away.
- bloodroot63 obs
- yellow trout lily49 obs
- Monarch48 obs
- Chinese Mantis43 obs
- wild geranium38 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
- red trillium37 obs
- Celandine Poppy37 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/42316954
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