Homer Howard Park
Homer Howard Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Southgate Historical Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1953
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 18.6 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Southgate Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Trenton Cultural Center: 4.4 mi
- Trenton Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- The Henry Ford: 7.0 mi
- Ray Torres Lions Park: 0.2 mi
- Kennebec Park: 0.3 mi
- Waverly Park: 0.5 mi
- McCann Park: 0.5 mi
- Auxiliary Police Park: 0.6 mi
- Eureka Way: 1.3 mi
- Count Casimir Pulaski Statue: 2.1 mi
- John Paul II: 2.2 mi
- Cox, Stein, Wrobleski Memorial Plaque: 2.8 mi
- Biddle North of Eureka: 3.0 mi
- Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 4.6 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 4.8 mi
- Detroit: 6.8 mi
- March On: 6.8 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 3.4 mi
- The Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Stout Woods Open Space: 5.3 mi
- Island Ave Woods: 5.3 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 6.4 mi
- Fort Wayne: 8.6 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 10.0 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 10.7 mi
- Grill Grove: 10.8 mi
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 2.3 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 5.5 mi
- Organic Garden: 8.2 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 9.9 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Elder Creek Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 15.2 mi
- Hipster Beach: 16.3 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 21.4 mi
- Little Beach: 21.6 mi
- Accretion Beach: 21.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 13.5 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Mt Tom: 22.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 23.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Homer Howard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NNW 333° | 297 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNW 348° | 257 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:19 | 17:04 |
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, 7 mi away.
- cutleaf teasel52 obs
- New England aster48 obs
- common buckthorn41 obs
- Dryad's Saddle37 obs
- Amur honeysuckle34 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood30 obs
- chicory28 obs
- common milkweed22 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/470856410
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 14 mi
- Maybee · 21 mi
- Monroe · 22 mi
- Monroe County · 25 mi
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