James Vernor Playground
James Vernor Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Circle Forest, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Circle Forest: 0.4 mi
- Callahan Playground: 0.5 mi
- Oxygen Alley: 0.6 mi
- Perrien Park: 0.6 mi
- Dabrowski Park: 0.8 mi
- Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural: 0.9 mi
- My Journee: 0.9 mi
- The Way We Move: 1.1 mi
- Girl With the D Earring: 1.2 mi
- We Kahn Do It!: 1.2 mi
- Ford Piquette Avenue Plant: 1.1 mi
- Exhibit 3000: 1.3 mi
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: 1.3 mi
- Michigan Science Center: 1.4 mi
- Hellenic Museum of Michigan: 1.4 mi
- Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 1.2 mi
- Detroit Association of Women's Clubs: 1.2 mi
- Omega Psi Phi: 1.3 mi
- Lewis College of Business: 1.3 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 1.3 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.5 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.6 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 2.4 mi
- Fox Office Building: 2.5 mi
- American Coney Island: 2.9 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Quickstad Park: 11.8 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 12.4 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 12.9 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Marjorie Street Garden: 2.1 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 9.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 9.0 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
- Otter picnic site: 9.0 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 9.2 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 3.9 mi
- Hipster Beach: 4.8 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.3 mi
- Little Beach: 8.4 mi
- Accretion Beach: 8.5 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 21.2 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 24.3 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of James Vernor Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NNW 338° | 351 m | 25.0 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | N 352° | 302 m | 24.5 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 295° | 297 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 352° | 290 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 309° | 257 m | 16.5 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 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- dense blazing star34 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
- chicory25 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle21 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake21 obs
- American Robin20 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
- House Sparrow19 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/652135475
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 28 mi
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