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Lipke Playground

Lipke Playground from directly overhead

Lipke Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43629, -83.02164

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Robinwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Beland Manning Park: 0.6 mi
  • Howarth Park: 0.7 mi
  • Optimist-Parkgrove Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Kern Playground: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 3.3 mi
  • Pope John Paul II: 3.5 mi
  • Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 3.6 mi
  • All Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Woodward: 4.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 9.1 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 10.0 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 12.6 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Marjorie Street Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Eastpointe Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 4.1 mi
  • MACC Community Garden: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Belle Isle Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 15.3 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 20.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 20.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 20.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 328°388 m21.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 331°351 m21.6 mi
Mount JudahNW 323°345 m23.7 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 347°302 m20.4 mi
Halsted HillWNW 283°297 m20.8 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 347°290 m20.3 mi
Mt TomWNW 293°257 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
  • Black Swallowtail7 obs
  • House Sparrow6 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider6 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/576518087

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