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Cook Playground

Cook Playground from directly overhead

Cook Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglas Ramsay Memorial Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
197 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.40100, -83.20460
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 3.4 mi
  • Reflections Portal: 4.6 mi
  • Way Too Many: 4.8 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 5.6 mi
  • Dance Chimes: 6.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 3.8 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.3 mi
  • Sorenson House: 4.3 mi
  • Grande Ballroom: 4.6 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 4.3 mi
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 5.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.6 mi
  • Wolverine: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 4.5 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 5.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 5.7 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 16.3 mi
Peaks: 12
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 354°388 m21.1 mi
Bald MountainN 357°351 m21.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 347°345 m22.0 mi
Waterford HillNNW 334°342 m23.9 mi
Teeple HillNW 312°336 m23.9 mi
Peak 1083NW 312°330 m23.8 mi
Haven HillNW 312°323 m24.7 mi
Mont BeauNW 306°311 m24.8 mi
Conditions

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 solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dense blazing star13 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake5 obs
  • Peck's Skipper5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • common star-of-Bethlehem4 obs
  • American Toad4 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/327007808

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