Oakwood Yard
Oakwood Yard is in City of Melvindale, Wayne County, Michigan. Oakwood Yard is situated nearby to Allendale Park, as well as near the park Melvindale field.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uniroyal Giant Tire and Fordson Island.
Uniroyal Giant Tire
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Uniroyal Giant Tire was created by the United States Rubber Company for the 1964 New York World's Fair, where it functioned as a Ferris wheel. Since 1966 it has been a static display alongside Interstate 94 in Allen Park, Michigan, United States between the Southfield Freeway interchange and Outer Drive overpass. Uniroyal Giant Tire is situated 1½ miles west of Oakwood Yard.
Fordson Island
Island
Fordson Island is an 8.4-acre artificial island in the River Rouge, in southeast Michigan. It was created by the Ford Motor Company in 1918, while dredging the River Rouge, and the land was donated to Springwells Township by Henry Ford. Fordson Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Oakwood Yard.
Hector J. Robinson Observatory
Observatory
The Hector J. Robinson Observatory, located in Lincoln Park, Michigan, is an astronomical observatory that features a 14-inch Celestron SCT telescope. After a renovation, the observatory resumed operations in September 2009. Hector J. Robinson Observatory is situated 2½ miles south of Oakwood Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melvindale and Lincoln Park.
Melvindale
Photo: Rmhermen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melvindale is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring, Downriver suburb of Detroit, Melvindale is located roughly 8 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 12,851.
Lincoln Park
Town
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Lincoln Park is located roughly 11 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. Lincoln Park is situated 2 miles south of Oakwood Yard.
Springwells Park Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Springwells Park Historic District is a historic residential neighborhood located in Dearborn, Michigan and bounded by Rotunda Drive, the Michigan Central Railroad line, and Greenfield and Eastham Roads. Springwells Park Historic District is situated 2 miles north of Oakwood Yard.
Oakwood Yard
- Type: Railway
- Category: transportation
- Location: City of Melvindale, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.27884° or 42° 16′ 44″ northLongitude
-83.17777° or 83° 10′ 40″ westOperator
Norfolk Southern RailwayOpen location code
86JR7RHC+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 320446734OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railway
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Allendale Park and Melvindale field.
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