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Whittier Park

Whittier Park from directly overhead

Whittier Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Marks Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
197 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.49293, -83.13494
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marks Park: 0.4 mi
  • Barton Park North: 0.4 mi
  • Barton Park South: 0.4 mi
  • Grant Park: 0.4 mi
  • Centennial Commons: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Church of Christ Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Red Oaks Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • Clawson Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Polish Cultural Center: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Secret Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.5 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 8.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 15.6 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Otter picnic site: 1.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 1.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 1.4 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 1.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 1.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 339°388 m15.7 mi
Grampian HillsN 351°375 m22.4 mi
Pine KnobNW 326°367 m21.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 342°351 m15.6 mi
Twombly MountainN 6°349 m24.2 mi
Mount OmichWNW 293°347 m24.8 mi
Mount JudahNNW 331°345 m17.3 mi
Waterford HillNW 317°342 m20.6 mi
Conditions

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel101 obs
  • American Bullfrog100 obs
  • Canada Goose99 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron94 obs
  • Mallard87 obs
  • Wood Duck80 obs
  • Groundhog60 obs
  • House Sparrow58 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/107384650

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