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Wanda Park

Wanda Park from directly overhead

Wanda Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jessica Nagle-Wilson Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45428, -83.11224

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jessica Nagle-Wilson Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fair Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sylvester Tot Lot: 0.6 mi
  • Vester Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wilson Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 2.5 mi
  • Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 2.6 mi
  • Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 2.6 mi
  • Vultures: 2.8 mi
  • Tree Kangaroo: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 5.3 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.9 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 2.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 2.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Mt Tom: 10.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 18.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.5 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 338°388 m18.6 mi
Pine KnobNNW 327°367 m23.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 341°351 m18.5 mi
Mount JudahNNW 332°345 m20.2 mi
Waterford HillNW 320°342 m23.4 mi
Fibber MountainN 360°302 m18.6 mi
Halsted HillWNW 283°297 m16.1 mi
Mt. SheldonN 360°290 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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, 6 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal412 obs
  • American Goldfinch385 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird378 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco368 obs
  • Blue Jay341 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker339 obs
  • Monarch329 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole323 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/288402998

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