Historic site · Michigan

Detroit Urban League

Detroit Urban League is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpha house, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34866911, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material: metal

Getting there

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Coordinates42.34831, -83.05546

On the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Alpha house: 0.1 mi
Chinatown: 0.4 mi
Former Chung's Restaurant: 0.4 mi
Statue of Robert Burns: 0.6 mi
West Canfield Historic District: 0.6 mi

Parks

Brush Mall: 0.2 mi
John R. Watson Park: 0.2 mi
Tolan Park: 0.3 mi
Redmond Plaza: 0.5 mi
El Moore Gardens: 0.5 mi

Artworks

Vote: 0.2 mi
RoboCop Statue: 0.6 mi
Tiger Statue: 0.7 mi
William Potter Maybury: 0.8 mi
Hazen S. Pingree: 0.8 mi

Museums

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 0.5 mi
First Congregational Living Museum: 0.6 mi
Michigan Science Center: 0.8 mi
Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: 0.8 mi
Detroit Historical Museum: 1.0 mi

Attractions

Fox Office Building: 0.7 mi
American Coney Island: 1.2 mi
Lafayette Coney Island: 1.2 mi
Guardian Building: 1.4 mi
Heidelberg Project: 1.5 mi

Nature reserves60

Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 12.7 mi
Horsetail Woods: 12.8 mi
Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 12.8 mi

Gardens55

North Cass Community Garden: 0.5 mi
Plum Street Market Garden: 0.9 mi
Art Center Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Frontier Garden: 1.4 mi
Marston Community Garden: 2.1 mi

Picnic sites17

PlayVenture picnic site: 10.1 mi
Main picnic site: 10.2 mi
Main Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
Otter picnic site: 10.2 mi
Wolverine picnic site: 10.3 mi

Beaches9

Belle Isle Beach: 3.9 mi
Hipster Beach: 5.1 mi
Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.4 mi
Little Beach: 9.5 mi
Accretion Beach: 9.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Quinn: 15.3 mi
Frederick: 18.5 mi

Peaks2

Mt Tom: 17.3 mi
Halsted Hill: 21.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Detroit Urban League. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Halsted Hill	WNW 300°	297 m	21.5 mi
Mt Tom	NW 314°	257 m	17.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:36	19:07	19:45
June solstice	05:56	20:31	21:13
September equinox	07:20	18:54	19:31
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7646435094

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