Dossin Great Lakes Museum
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Dossin Great Lakes Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Mt Tom stands 257 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is SS Edmund Fitzgerald bow anchor, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in Detroit, Michigan. Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the Detroit River, this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime history. The 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) museum features exhibits such as one of the largest collections of model ships in the world, and the bow anchor of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in a storm in 1975.
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Wikidata Q5299316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald bow anchor: 0.0 mi
- James J. Brady Memorial: 0.3 mi
- General O.M. Poe Post No. 443, Grand Army of the Republic: 0.4 mi
- Spanish-American War Monument: 0.4 mi
- Ransom Eli Olds: 0.4 mi
- Children’s Temperance Fountian: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Tohro (Stone Lantern): 0.1 mi
- Leaping Gazelle Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Peacock Sundial: 0.1 mi
- International Peace Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Point: 1.0 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 1.3 mi
- Ralph Wilson Gateway & Trail: 1.4 mi
- Rope Swing: 1.8 mi
- Oudolf Garden Detroit: 0.2 mi
- Gabriel Richard Park: 1.1 mi
- Mt. Elliot Park: 1.2 mi
- Owen Park: 1.2 mi
- Erma Henderson Park: 1.3 mi
- William V. Banks Broadcast Museum & Media Center: 1.7 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 1.9 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 1.9 mi
- Seafoam Palace of Arts and Amusements: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 4.1 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 13.7 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 13.9 mi
- The Wildlife Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Stout Woods Open Space: 15.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 0.1 mi
- Shipherd Greens Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Vedic Village: 3.1 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 3.5 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
- Otter picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 13.2 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 0.8 mi
- Hipster Beach: 1.8 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 6.9 mi
- Little Beach: 7.1 mi
- Accretion Beach: 7.3 mi
- Mt Tom: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Tom | NW 309° | 257 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:30 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/107205459
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- Carleton · 28 mi
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