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Shipherd Greens Community Garden

Shipherd Greens Community Garden from directly overhead

Shipherd Greens Community Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Spirit of Nature, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35462, -82.99873

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Kercheval-Parker: 0.3 mi
  • Butzel Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Owen Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gabriel Richard Park: 0.5 mi
  • Centenntial Garden: 0.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves: 59
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 13.8 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 14.2 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 14.5 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 53
  • MACC Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Vedic Village: 2.9 mi
  • Feedom Freedom: 3.3 mi
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Belle Isle Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 6.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 19.2 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillWNW 296°297 m23.9 mi
Mt TomNW 307°257 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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, 4 mi away.

  • Canada Goose98 obs
  • Groundhog75 obs
  • Monarch75 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel73 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull69 obs
  • Mute Swan67 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird57 obs
  • purple loosestrife51 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408782965

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