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Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum

Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum from directly overhead

Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ames Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Large outdoor Africa-centric folk art area

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Olayami Dabls

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.35561, -83.10781
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ames Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kantgias Park: 0.6 mi
  • LaNita's Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • McKinley-Merrick Park: 0.7 mi
  • Crockett Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Rest In Respect: 0.8 mi
  • Of Course, Of Course: 1.3 mi
  • Grand River Creative Corridor Murals: 1.6 mi
  • The Justice Wall: 1.7 mi
  • Light Bender: 1.7 mi
Museums
  • Motown Museum: 1.2 mi
  • The Huckleberry Explorers Club Museum & Gardens & General Store: 1.2 mi
  • Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts: 1.9 mi
  • Detroit Children’s Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Detroit Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
Attractions
  • Geodesic Dome House: 2.5 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Fox Office Building: 3.1 mi
  • Rosa Parks Entrance: 3.2 mi
  • The Glade: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 10.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 11.0 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Frontier Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 2.2 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 8.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 8.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 8.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Belle Isle Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 15.1 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillWNW 303°297 m19.0 mi
Mt TomNW 320°257 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/626775381

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