Callahan Playground
Callahan Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxygen Alley, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Oxygen Alley: 0.1 mi
- Circle Forest: 0.1 mi
- James Vernor Playground: 0.5 mi
- Perrien Park: 0.5 mi
- Warren-Meldrum Park: 0.5 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.1 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.2 mi
- Fox Office Building: 2.5 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 2.7 mi
- American Coney Island: 2.9 mi
- Heidelberg Project Bottle Structure: 1.2 mi
- Heidelberg Project Sundial: 1.2 mi
- Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural: 1.4 mi
- My Journee: 1.4 mi
- RoboCop Statue: 1.5 mi
- Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 1.5 mi
- Detroit Association of Women's Clubs: 1.5 mi
- Omega Psi Phi: 1.6 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 1.6 mi
- Lewis College of Business: 1.7 mi
- Ford Piquette Avenue Plant: 1.5 mi
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: 1.6 mi
- Michigan Science Center: 1.7 mi
- Hellenic Museum of Michigan: 1.7 mi
- Seafoam Palace of Arts and Amusements: 1.7 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Quickstad Park: 12.1 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 12.9 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 13.4 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Marjorie Street Garden: 2.0 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 9.3 mi
- Main picnic site: 9.4 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
- Otter picnic site: 9.4 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 9.6 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 3.5 mi
- Hipster Beach: 4.4 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 7.9 mi
- Little Beach: 8.0 mi
- Accretion Beach: 8.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 17.0 mi
- Halsted Hill: 21.6 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 24.5 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Callahan Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibber Mountain | N 351° | 302 m | 24.6 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 295° | 297 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 351° | 290 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 308° | 257 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- dense blazing star30 obs
- Butler's Garter Snake18 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle18 obs
- chicory18 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake18 obs
- tree-of-heaven17 obs
- Black Swallowtail16 obs
- common milkweed15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/620214962
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 28 mi
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