Ford Park
Ford Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardoni-Dakota Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cardoni-Dakota Park: 0.5 mi
- Storen Park: 0.6 mi
- Russell-Maderiea: 0.7 mi
- Reggie McKenzie Field: 0.7 mi
- Victor-Riopelle: 0.8 mi
- Woodward: 0.6 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Pope John Paul II: 2.2 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 2.3 mi
- Detroit July 1967: 2.6 mi
- Way Too Many: 0.8 mi
- Reflections Portal: 1.8 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.9 mi
- The Way We Move: 3.0 mi
- Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural: 3.1 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 2.0 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 5.2 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 5.2 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 5.2 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 5.3 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 2.3 mi
- Hamtramck Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts: 3.2 mi
- Exhibit 3000: 3.2 mi
- Motown Museum: 3.5 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Quickstad Park: 8.1 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 9.0 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 9.4 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 1.4 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Marjorie Street Garden: 3.8 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 5.2 mi
- Main picnic site: 5.2 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 5.2 mi
- Otter picnic site: 5.2 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 5.4 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 7.7 mi
- Hipster Beach: 8.5 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.8 mi
- Accretion Beach: 10.8 mi
- Little Beach: 10.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 12.8 mi
- Halsted Hill: 17.6 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 21.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 21.4 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 339° | 388 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 342° | 351 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 333° | 345 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | N 358° | 302 m | 21.4 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 291° | 297 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 358° | 290 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 306° | 257 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
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 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 5 mi away.
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit24 obs
- American cancer-root21 obs
- Monarch20 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
- mayapple19 obs
- common buckthorn19 obs
- White-tailed Deer13 obs
- common milkweed13 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/691282967
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 29 mi
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