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Coogan Park

Coogan Park from directly overhead

Coogan Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is De Luca Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28663, -83.19063

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • De Luca Field: 0.5 mi
  • Melvindale Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fontana Park: 0.5 mi
  • Judge Roy A. McGinty Park: 0.6 mi
  • Melvindale field: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Toll Gate Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 2.3 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 2.0 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 4.9 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.0 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 6.3 mi
  • Rosa Parks Entrance: 6.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Organic Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 7.8 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 7.8 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 9.5 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Wolverine picnic site: 13.2 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 13.2 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 13.3 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Main picnic site: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 17.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 17.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 322°297 m19.1 mi
Mt TomNNW 341°257 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
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, 3 mi away.

  • dense blazing star24 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake13 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake12 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail7 obs
  • Black Swallowtail7 obs
  • velvetleaf6 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/362055780

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