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Bradley Playground

Bradley Playground from directly overhead

Bradley Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Elliott-Zender Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36368, -83.01752

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mt. Elliott-Zender Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sylvester-Field Park: 0.3 mi
  • Johnson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Canfield-Sheriden Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sylvester-Seyburn Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 13.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 14.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 55
Picnic sites: 17
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Belle Isle Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 7.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 18.1 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillWNW 296°297 m22.7 mi
Mt TomNW 308°257 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3021:13
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 °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 3 mi away.

  • dense blazing star26 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • chicory19 obs
  • Black Swallowtail16 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake14 obs
  • ground-ivy13 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth13 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake13 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/59197888

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