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Bocabella Memorial Park

Bocabella Memorial Park from directly overhead

Bocabella Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Exchange Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25103, -83.20069

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Exchange Park: 0.4 mi
  • Paun Park: 0.4 mi
  • Harold N. Duda Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Victory Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pretty Family Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Organic Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Count Casimir Pulaski Statue: 3.3 mi
  • John Paul II: 3.6 mi
  • Eureka Way: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 5.6 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 7.9 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 19.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.4 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 19.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 328°297 m20.8 mi
Mt TomNNW 345°257 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:13
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch18 obs
  • dense blazing star15 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel11 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth11 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake9 obs
  • American pokeweed9 obs
  • mock strawberry9 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/361136116

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