Wilson Park
Wilson Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fair Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 194 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fair Park: 0.4 mi
- Vester Park: 0.5 mi
- David Oppenheim Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Wanda Park: 0.7 mi
- Schiffer Park: 0.8 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 1.0 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 4.4 mi
- Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 4.8 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 5.4 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 1.1 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Woodward: 3.8 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Pope John Paul II: 5.2 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.2 mi
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Decorative Garden: 3.6 mi
- Reflections Portal: 1.8 mi
- The Star Dream: 2.4 mi
- Dance Chimes: 3.2 mi
- Way Too Many: 3.3 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 4.8 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 1.9 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 2.0 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 2.0 mi
- Vultures: 2.2 mi
- Tree Kangaroo: 2.2 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Quickstad Park: 4.9 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 7.3 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 7.4 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.0 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 10.7 mi
- Hipster Beach: 11.4 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 12.5 mi
- Accretion Beach: 12.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 2.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 2.0 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 2.0 mi
- Otter picnic site: 2.0 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.2 mi
- Mt Tom: 10.0 mi
- Halsted Hill: 15.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.2 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 340° | 388 m | 18.2 mi |
| Grampian Hills | N 351° | 375 m | 25.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 328° | 367 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 343° | 351 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 333° | 345 m | 19.7 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 320° | 342 m | 22.8 mi |
| Teeple Hill | WNW 299° | 336 m | 24.9 mi |
| Peak 1083 | WNW 299° | 330 m | 24.9 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 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 7 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal414 obs
- American Goldfinch383 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird377 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco368 obs
- Blue Jay341 obs
- Downy Woodpecker337 obs
- Monarch325 obs
- Baltimore Oriole319 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/468556691
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