Forest Park
Forest Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Atwood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 21.6 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Atwood Park: 0.5 mi
- Anderson Ballfields: 0.5 mi
- Walz Quadraplex: 0.5 mi
- Avondale Park: 0.5 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.6 mi
- Wayne Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Romulus Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Roush Automotive Collection: 6.5 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- City Park: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Madonna Park: 7.7 mi
- Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Welcome to Taylor: 5.7 mi
- James Howard Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Marine Memorial: 6.3 mi
- DTW Welcome Sign: 3.5 mi
- Boy With Plaid Scarf: 3.7 mi
- Man With Umbrella: 3.7 mi
- Coins Collection: 4.0 mi
- Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 5.4 mi
- MTB Skinny: 5.1 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 5.2 mi
- Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 5.4 mi
- Tree Climb Feature: 5.4 mi
- Log Pile Pyramid: 6.2 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 5.8 mi
- Organic Garden: 7.4 mi
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 7.5 mi
- Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Brightmoor Youth Garden: 9.8 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 19.5 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.8 mi
- Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 19.8 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 19.9 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 20.5 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.3 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 20.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 15.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 17.3 mi
- Rawsonville: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | N 351° | 297 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNE 12° | 257 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:32 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:19 | 17:05 |
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 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 4 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee304 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee249 obs
- Monarch220 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee129 obs
- Western Honey Bee90 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee71 obs
- Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee60 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee58 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/395179522
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 15 mi
- Maybee · 20 mi
- Monroe · 25 mi
- Monroe County · 26 mi
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