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Ewald Playground

Ewald Playground from directly overhead

Ewald Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Huckleberry Explorers Club Museum & Gardens & General Store, a museum 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34763, -83.09596

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • McKinley-Merrick Park: 0.5 mi
  • 16th-Forest Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ames Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bryant Vermont Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bloomfield Playlot: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Of Course, Of Course: 0.6 mi
  • Grand River Creative Corridor Murals: 0.8 mi
  • MLK: 1.1 mi
  • Welcome to Woodbridge: 1.2 mi
  • Fish: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • Geodesic Dome House: 1.7 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Fox Office Building: 2.3 mi
  • Rosa Parks Entrance: 2.4 mi
  • The Glade: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 11.1 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 11.8 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Frontier Garden: 0.8 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Belle Isle Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 11.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 15.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillWNW 303°297 m19.8 mi
Mt TomNW 320°257 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
  • House Sparrow40 obs
  • chicory34 obs
  • dense blazing star34 obs
  • Monarch33 obs
  • American Robin32 obs
  • Black Swallowtail32 obs
  • tree-of-heaven29 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/72095341

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