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Corrigan Playground

Corrigan Playground from directly overhead

Corrigan Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fiori Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.2 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.39770, -82.95588

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fiori Park: 0.6 mi
  • Manz Playfield: 1.1 mi
  • Algonquin-Goethe: 1.2 mi
  • Grosse Pointe Park Market: 1.3 mi
  • Brookins Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 13.4 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 15.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Hipster Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 3.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Mt Tom: 19.5 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 23.8 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 23.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fibber MountainNNW 341°302 m23.9 mi
Halsted HillWNW 287°297 m24.8 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 340°290 m23.8 mi
Mt TomWNW 297°257 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

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, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch43 obs
  • Black Swallowtail18 obs
  • Chinese Mantis12 obs
  • American pokeweed10 obs
  • Red Admiral9 obs
  • Red Milkweed Beetle8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • common milkweed6 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/464233700

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