Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is an attraction in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Lakes Indian Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic fort in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Wikidata Q5472269, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1845
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Detroit
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 27.0 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Lakes Indian Museum: 0.0 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen National Museum at Historic Fort Wayne: 0.1 mi
- The Huckleberry Explorers Club Museum & Gardens & General Store: 3.1 mi
- Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum: 4.0 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 4.2 mi
- Delray Boat Launch: 0.3 mi
- Harvey-Junction Park: 0.5 mi
- Military-Regular Park: 1.0 mi
- McKee Park: 1.3 mi
- Boyer Playfield: 1.3 mi
- The Path of Life: 1.2 mi
- Composition with Five Elements: 1.5 mi
- Jesuit Missionaries Cross: 1.5 mi
- Triceratops: 1.5 mi
- Tiger Business: 1.5 mi
- The North Wall: 1.6 mi
- North American Car Of the Year: 3.2 mi
- The Glove That Floored Nazi Germany: 3.2 mi
- War of 1812 Dead: 3.3 mi
- General Casimir Pulaski Polish Heritage Monument: 3.3 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 2.1 mi
- Grill Grove: 2.2 mi
- The Glade: 2.2 mi
- Rosa Parks Entrance: 2.2 mi
- Sledding Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 8.8 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 8.9 mi
- The Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.6 mi
- Stout Woods Open Space: 10.9 mi
- Island Ave Woods: 11.2 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 1.8 mi
- Plum Street Market Garden: 3.2 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Frontier Garden: 3.9 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 12.6 mi
- Main picnic site: 12.6 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 12.6 mi
- Otter picnic site: 12.7 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 12.7 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 6.8 mi
- Hipster Beach: 8.0 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.9 mi
- Little Beach: 13.1 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.2 mi
- Quinn: 19.3 mi
- Frederick: 22.5 mi
- Rawsonville: 24.0 mi
- Mt Tom: 18.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 21.8 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Wayne. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NW 311° | 297 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNW 327° | 257 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 17:04 |
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 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 71000425OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Fort Wayne, Commanding Officer's House, reference 71000425, listed 11/01/19.
OpenStreetMap element way/106283810
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