Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
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Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is First Congregational Living Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the city's Midtown area of Detroit. MOCAD is housed in a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) building, a converted former auto dealership designed by Albert Kahn. The architecture of the building was left intentionally raw and unfinished.
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Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q6940817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- First Congregational Living Museum: 0.1 mi
- Michigan Science Center: 0.3 mi
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: 0.4 mi
- Detroit Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Hellenic Museum of Michigan: 0.5 mi
- Thompson Home: 0.2 mi
- West Canfield Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Detroit Urban League: 0.5 mi
- Robert Pauli Scherer: 0.5 mi
- Alpha house: 0.6 mi
- Woodward and Warren Park: 0.2 mi
- Brush Mall: 0.4 mi
- El Moore Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Redmond Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Frederick Linsell Green: 0.5 mi
- The Thinker: 0.4 mi
- Mozarabe: 0.5 mi
- Hip and Stone: 0.5 mi
- Bowl with Folds: 0.5 mi
- Vote: 0.7 mi
- Fox Office Building: 1.2 mi
- American Coney Island: 1.7 mi
- Lafayette Coney Island: 1.7 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.7 mi
- Guardian Building: 1.9 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 12.3 mi
- Quickstad Park: 12.7 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 12.9 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Frontier Garden: 1.1 mi
- Plum Street Market Garden: 1.2 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 9.7 mi
- Main picnic site: 9.7 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- Otter picnic site: 9.7 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 9.8 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 4.3 mi
- Hipster Beach: 5.4 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.6 mi
- Little Beach: 9.7 mi
- Accretion Beach: 9.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.8 mi
- Halsted Hill: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | WNW 300° | 297 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 314° | 257 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/68935762
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