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Veteran's Park

Veteran's Park from directly overhead

Veteran's Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 28 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Imlay City

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.01758, -83.08055

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 38
Attractions: 32
  • Tabletop Jump: 15.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 15.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 15.9 mi
  • Tabletop Jump: 15.9 mi
  • Frontier Town: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 16
Peaks: 13
Museums: 11
  • Imlay City Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Attica Museuem: 4.7 mi
  • Capac community historical museum: 8.0 mi
  • Oakland Township Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Farm Museum: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 7
  • Stony Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Davis Lake Beach (Residents Only): 17.1 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Buttercup Beach: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Capac Rest Area 913: 6.4 mi
  • Five Lakes Rest Area 629: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillSSW 201°388 m23.2 mi
Mount ChristieSW 234°387 m15.4 mi
Grampian HillsSSW 204°375 m15.4 mi
Kerr HillWSW 242°367 m17.8 mi
Pine KnobSW 218°367 m23.9 mi
Enders HillWSW 238°366 m24.3 mi
Bald MountainSSW 200°351 m22.7 mi
Twombly MountainS 182°349 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0719:45
June solstice05:5420:3221:16
September equinox07:2018:5419:32
December solstice08:0116:1517:01

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232433455767716962513929
Precip in2.31.91.93.13.23.13.33.12.82.92.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lapeer Wwtp, 12 mi away.

  • Monarch5 obs
  • white campion4 obs
  • American Dog Tick3 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider3 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider3 obs
  • Japanese Beetle3 obs
  • Bronze Jumping Spider3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/778947163

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