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Doan Playground

Doan Playground from directly overhead

Doan Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greene Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
188 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.36939, -83.19623
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Organic Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 2.9 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 5.3 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 6.6 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 7.0 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 7.3 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 3.0 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 4.7 mi
  • Way Too Many: 5.1 mi
  • Reflections Portal: 5.6 mi
  • Of Course, Of Course: 5.9 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 6.5 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.4 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.6 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 7.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 16.0 mi
Peaks: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 354°388 m23.3 mi
Bald MountainN 356°351 m23.5 mi
Mount JudahNNW 347°345 m24.2 mi
Fibber MountainN 10°302 m24.9 mi
Halsted HillNW 309°297 m14.7 mi
Mt. SheldonN 10°290 m24.7 mi
Mt TomNNW 334°257 m11.8 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 solstice07:5916:1817:04

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dense blazing star23 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake11 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake8 obs
  • Monarch8 obs
  • American Robin6 obs
  • common milkweed5 obs
  • Black Swallowtail5 obs
  • mock strawberry5 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/326845521

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