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Capital Park

Capital Park from directly overhead

Capital Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Frazier Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 15 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
186 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.17104, -83.26394
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frazier Park: 0.7 mi
  • Prairie Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • King Road Ballfields: 1.2 mi
  • Thorn Park: 1.4 mi
  • Wellington Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Southgate Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Trenton Cultural Center: 4.0 mi
  • Trenton Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Flat Rock Depot & Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Gibraltar Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Huroc Park: 5.3 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Humbug Marsh: 5.7 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 5.8 mi
  • Manor Woods: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Coins Collection: 5.7 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 5.8 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 5.8 mi
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 5.8 mi
  • Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 6.2 mi
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 8.8 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 12.2 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 12.3 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 13.1 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Organic Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Elder Creek Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 10.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Belle Isle Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 20.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Halsted Hill: 24.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 341°297 m24.4 mi
Mt TomN 356°257 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5820:3121:13
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:05

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • fringed loosestrife11 obs
  • common yarrow10 obs
  • common bracken9 obs
  • alder buckthorn9 obs
  • common boneset9 obs
  • wild sarsaparilla9 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit8 obs
  • mayapple7 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/460917615

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