Children Playing statue
Children Playing statue is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Neighborhood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Wanda Park: 0.5 mi
- Kenneth L. Wolf Park: 0.7 mi
- Meadowview Park: 0.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
- M60 Main Battle Tank: 1.2 mi
- F-4 Phantom Jet: 1.2 mi
- Huey Helicopter: 1.3 mi
- Gold Star Family Monument: 3.1 mi
- Helicopter Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Spiral Note: 1.4 mi
- Two Bears: 1.4 mi
- The Seed: 1.4 mi
- Sarah's Heirloom: 1.4 mi
- Oracle I: 1.4 mi
- Upton House Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 4.5 mi
- Michigan Transit Museum: 5.0 mi
- Polish Cultural Center: 5.7 mi
- Gratiot Valley Railroad Club: 5.8 mi
- Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 1.6 mi
- Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 6.4 mi
- AS/32P-15 Fire Truck: 8.6 mi
- WWII Cannon: 8.6 mi
- NIKE Hercules Missile: 8.7 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Turtle Woods Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Anna Wilcox and Harold Warnes Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 3.4 mi
- Hope Garden: 4.3 mi
- Friendship Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Shadbush Master Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Shadbush Master Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Secret Beach: 5.7 mi
- Eastwood Beach: 11.0 mi
- Baypoint Beach: 11.4 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 13.0 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.0 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 11.6 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.7 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.3 mi
- Southdale Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Main picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Otter picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 17.6 mi
- Adair Rest Area 909: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Children Playing statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | WNW 303° | 388 m | 15.7 mi |
| Grampian Hills | NW 326° | 375 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pine Knob | WNW 300° | 367 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 305° | 351 m | 15.1 mi |
| Twombly Mountain | NNW 344° | 349 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Judah | WNW 300° | 345 m | 18.2 mi |
| Waterford Hill | WNW 293° | 342 m | 23.3 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 327° | 302 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:16 | 17:02 |
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 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4631035635
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