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Atwood Park

Atwood Park from directly overhead

Atwood Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Ballfields, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
198 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27197, -83.37064

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Welcome to Taylor: 5.3 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Marine Memorial: 6.4 mi
Artworks
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 3.1 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 3.2 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 3.3 mi
  • Coins Collection: 3.5 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • MTB Skinny: 5.1 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 5.2 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 5.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 5.9 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 6.6 mi
Gardens
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Organic Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.2 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 15.8 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.2 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Halsted Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillN 351°297 m16.3 mi
Mt TomNNE 12°257 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:14
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496070747265534131
Precip in2.22.12.43.33.73.33.53.33.22.52.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 4 mi away.

  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee304 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee248 obs
  • Monarch217 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee130 obs
  • Western Honey Bee88 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee70 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee60 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee58 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/30497997

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