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Motown Museum

Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
Motown Museum, a museum in MichiganDig Downtown Detroit · CC BY 2.0
Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
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Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
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Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
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Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
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Motown Museum, a museum in Michigan
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Motown Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Dancing in the Streets Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Also known as Hitsville USA

About

The story

"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city. Motown founder Berry Gordy bought the house in 1959. Gordy converted the house to use it as the record label's administrative building and recording studio. After finding mainstream success from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles and established the Hitsville West studio working in television and film production as well as music production. Today, the "Hitsville U.S.A." property operates as the Motown Museum, which is dedicated to the legacy of the record label's artists and music. The museum occupies the original house and an adjacent former residence.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q1987935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36409, -83.08841
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dancing in the Streets Park: 0.0 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Commonwealth-Marquette Park: 0.2 mi
  • Crockett Park: 0.4 mi
  • LaSalle Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 10.8 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 11.4 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Frontier Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 8.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 8.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 8.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Belle Isle Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.8 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Mt Tom: 15.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 24.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 24.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 341°388 m24.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 343°351 m24.9 mi
Fibber MountainN 357°302 m24.9 mi
Halsted HillWNW 300°297 m19.5 mi
Mt. SheldonN 357°290 m24.8 mi
Mt TomNW 316°257 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
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 °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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/105533840

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