Lafayette Plaisance Park
Lafayette Plaisance Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mies Van Der Rohe Townhouses, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mies Van Der Rohe Townhouses: 0.3 mi
- St. Mary's School: 0.5 mi
- The Harmonie Club: 0.6 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 0.8 mi
- The Iron Brigade: 0.9 mi
- Dequindre Cut Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Lafayette Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Elmwood Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Leroy Dues Playfield: 0.4 mi
- Greening of Detroit Park: 0.5 mi
- Detroit Never Left: 0.6 mi
- Stevie Wonder Mural: 0.6 mi
- Fanfare: 0.6 mi
- Statue of Abraham Lincoln: 0.8 mi
- Tiger Statue: 0.8 mi
- Fox Office Building: 0.9 mi
- American Coney Island: 0.9 mi
- Lafayette Coney Island: 1.0 mi
- Guardian Building: 1.0 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.1 mi
- William V. Banks Broadcast Museum & Media Center: 1.0 mi
- Seafoam Palace of Arts and Amusements: 1.4 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 1.6 mi
- First Congregational Living Museum: 1.7 mi
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History: 1.8 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 12.7 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
- The Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.5 mi
- Plum Street Market Garden: 1.2 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Shipherd Greens Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Frontier Garden: 2.5 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Main picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
- Otter picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 11.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 2.9 mi
- Hipster Beach: 4.1 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.7 mi
- Little Beach: 8.9 mi
- Accretion Beach: 9.0 mi
- Mt Tom: 18.4 mi
- Halsted Hill: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafayette Plaisance Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | WNW 300° | 297 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 313° | 257 m | 18.4 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 | 16:18 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose96 obs
- Rock Pigeon90 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel76 obs
- Ring-billed Gull75 obs
- House Sparrow74 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant65 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird60 obs
- chicory51 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/58852665
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 27 mi
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