Heilmann Playfield
Heilmann Playfield is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bringard-Boulder Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bringard-Boulder Park: 0.7 mi
- Edmore and Marbud Park: 0.7 mi
- Troester-Hayes: 0.9 mi
- Skinner Playfield: 0.9 mi
- Wish Egan Field: 1.2 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 1.9 mi
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 5.4 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 6.0 mi
- Rope Swing: 6.3 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Cook Schoolhouse: 2.7 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 5.4 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 5.4 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 5.7 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 5.4 mi
- Statue of Pope John Paul II: 5.7 mi
- Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 5.8 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 5.8 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.6 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 5.9 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 6.0 mi
- Gazelle: 6.1 mi
- Heidelberg Project Bottle Structure: 6.3 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Quickstad Park: 11.5 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Turtle Woods Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Marjorie Street Garden: 4.2 mi
- Center Line Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.7 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 4.7 mi
- Accretion Beach: 4.4 mi
- Little Beach: 4.6 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 4.6 mi
- Hipster Beach: 6.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 6.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 10.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 10.0 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 10.0 mi
- Otter picnic site: 10.0 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
- Mt Tom: 18.1 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 21.0 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 21.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 23.0 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 23.3 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heilmann Playfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NW 322° | 388 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 324° | 351 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 339° | 302 m | 21.1 mi |
| Halsted Hill | W 281° | 297 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 338° | 290 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mt Tom | WNW 289° | 257 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Monarch44 obs
- Black Swallowtail35 obs
- Red Admiral10 obs
- Small White9 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 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/464233667
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