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Hardstein Playground

Hardstein Playground from directly overhead

Hardstein Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alfonso Wells Memorial Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.44251, -83.17676
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alfonso Wells Memorial Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Van Antwerp Park: 0.6 mi
  • Royal Oak Township Park: 0.9 mi
  • John C. Luger Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Joe Louis Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 2.4 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 2.4 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 2.4 mi
  • Wolverine: 2.5 mi
  • Vultures: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 4.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 4.9 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 2.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 2.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 2.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 2.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Mt Tom: 8.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 18.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 349°388 m18.4 mi
Pine KnobNNW 335°367 m23.0 mi
Bald MountainN 352°351 m18.6 mi
Mount KanzerWNW 300°351 m24.7 mi
Mount OmichWNW 302°347 m24.5 mi
Mount JudahNNW 341°345 m19.6 mi
Waterford HillNNW 327°342 m22.1 mi
Teeple HillNW 304°336 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:03

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail15 obs
  • Peck's Skipper12 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • Smooth Stag Beetle9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • Red Admiral8 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/565797469

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