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Kennedy Park

Kennedy Park from directly overhead

Kennedy Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Teeple Hill stands 336 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Parkwood Playground, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.30716, -83.33752
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 2.1 mi
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
  • City Park: 5.3 mi
  • Madonna Park: 6.4 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • James Howard Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 5.2 mi
  • Sorenson House: 5.4 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.0 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.0 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 5.3 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.5 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 5.6 mi
Gardens
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Organic Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 7.8 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 8.7 mi
Artworks
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 5.1 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 5.5 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 5.6 mi
  • Coins Collection: 5.9 mi
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Lone Pine Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.6 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Halsted Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.1 mi
  • Mont Beau: 24.8 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 25.0 mi
  • Peak 1083: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.3 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teeple HillNNW 334°336 m25.0 mi
Peak 1083NNW 334°330 m25.0 mi
Mont BeauNNW 327°311 m24.8 mi
Halsted HillNNW 343°297 m14.3 mi
Mt TomN 8°257 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee10 obs
  • Peck's Skipper10 obs
  • American pokeweed8 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Blue-tipped Dancer8 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/369357420

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