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Wagner Park

Wagner Park from directly overhead

Wagner Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Patricia Paruch Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.51054, -83.14310

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patricia Paruch Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hamer Finch Wilkins Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cody Park: 0.6 mi
  • Marais Park: 0.6 mi
  • Red Run Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 0.9 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Secret Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 14.7 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Mt Tom: 7.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 14.4 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Otter picnic site: 2.3 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 2.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 339°388 m14.4 mi
Grampian HillsN 352°375 m21.2 mi
Pine KnobNW 325°367 m19.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 342°351 m14.4 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 288°351 m24.3 mi
Twombly MountainN 7°349 m23.0 mi
Mount OmichWNW 290°347 m24.0 mi
Mount JudahNNW 330°345 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 10 mi away.

  • bloodroot64 obs
  • yellow trout lily49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • Monarch39 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty38 obs
  • red trillium37 obs
  • Celandine Poppy37 obs
  • wild geranium36 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/357047745

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