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Cass Park

Cass Park from directly overhead

Cass Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Statue of Robert Burns, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Detroit

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34037, -83.06041

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • 4th Street-Charlotte Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Grand River / 5th NS (EB): 0.2 mi
  • Grand River / 5th (WB): 0.3 mi
  • Wigle New Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beacon Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Vote: 0.4 mi
  • Tiger Statue: 0.5 mi
  • Hazen S. Pingree: 0.5 mi
  • William Potter Maybury: 0.6 mi
  • DTE: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 60
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 12.1 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 12.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 12.5 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 0.3 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Frontier Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Main picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Belle Isle Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.9 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 17.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillWNW 302°297 m21.6 mi
Mt TomNW 316°257 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon86 obs
  • House Sparrow82 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel71 obs
  • Canada Goose68 obs
  • American Robin59 obs
  • Ring-necked Pheasant58 obs
  • chicory53 obs
  • European Starling52 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/605660362

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