Joe Louis Park
Joe Louis Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Alfonso Wells Memorial Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Alfonso Wells Memorial Playground: 0.4 mi
- St. Martins Park: 0.4 mi
- Van Antwerp Park: 0.5 mi
- Grant Park: 0.5 mi
- Royal Oak Township Park: 0.5 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.3 mi
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 1.4 mi
- Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 3.2 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 6.0 mi
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 1.8 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Woodward: 4.0 mi
- Saginaw Trail / John Almon Starr House: 5.2 mi
- Ockham's Wedge: 5.2 mi
- Reflections Portal: 1.9 mi
- Dance Chimes: 3.0 mi
- Way Too Many: 3.2 mi
- The Star Dream: 3.3 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 5.6 mi
- Prairie Dog: 2.3 mi
- Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 2.3 mi
- Bald Eagle: 2.3 mi
- Wolverine: 2.3 mi
- Vultures: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Quickstad Park: 5.6 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 5.6 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 5.8 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 2.4 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 2.4 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 2.4 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
- Main picnic site: 2.4 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.0 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 11.4 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 11.9 mi
- Hipster Beach: 12.2 mi
- Accretion Beach: 14.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 9.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 14.0 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 18.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 18.7 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 19.4 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joe Louis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 346° | 388 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNW 333° | 367 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 349° | 351 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 339° | 345 m | 20.0 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 325° | 342 m | 22.6 mi |
| Teeple Hill | WNW 303° | 336 m | 24.0 mi |
| Peak 1083 | WNW 303° | 330 m | 24.0 mi |
| Haven Hill | NW 304° | 323 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 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 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 7 mi away.
- Monarch38 obs
- Black Swallowtail32 obs
- Peck's Skipper28 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth26 obs
- American Robin21 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
- American pokeweed20 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/632335502
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 29 mi
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