Dover Park
Dover Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Laker Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 29.2 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Laker Park: 0.4 mi
- Bieniek Park: 0.6 mi
- Sirotkin Park: 0.6 mi
- Wiley Playlot: 0.8 mi
- Tarnow-Kirkwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Grande Ballroom: 1.1 mi
- Bailey Temple Church of God in Christ: 1.7 mi
- Detroit July 1967: 2.7 mi
- West Canfield Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Thompson Home: 3.7 mi
- Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Huckleberry Explorers Club Museum & Gardens & General Store: 2.5 mi
- Motown Museum: 2.7 mi
- Arab American National Museum: 2.8 mi
- Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts: 3.4 mi
- Rest In Respect: 2.1 mi
- Of Course, Of Course: 2.7 mi
- Grand River Creative Corridor Murals: 3.0 mi
- MLK: 3.2 mi
- The Justice Wall: 3.2 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 2.6 mi
- Frontier Garden: 2.9 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 3.4 mi
- The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 4.1 mi
- Fort Wayne: 4.1 mi
- Rosa Parks Entrance: 4.2 mi
- The Glade: 4.2 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 9.4 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 10.2 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 8.8 mi
- Main picnic site: 8.8 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 8.8 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 8.8 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.8 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 8.1 mi
- Hipster Beach: 9.3 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 13.4 mi
- Little Beach: 13.4 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.5 mi
- Quinn: 17.6 mi
- Frederick: 20.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 23.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 14.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 17.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dover Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NW 307° | 297 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 326° | 257 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 2 mi away.
- dense blazing star31 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake28 obs
- Butler's Garter Snake22 obs
- Monarch11 obs
- large twayblade11 obs
- Northern Map Turtle10 obs
- Black Swallowtail9 obs
- American Robin6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/648318199
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 24 mi
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