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Lloyd H. Ryan Playground

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Lloyd H. Ryan Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Simanek Playfield, a park 1.0 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33181, -83.22110

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Simanek Playfield: 1.0 mi
  • Rosalie-Hubbard Park: 1.3 mi
  • Ford Woods Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mansfield-Diversey Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Palmer-Jerome Park: 1.5 mi
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 5.1 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Toll Gate Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Sorenson House: 1.6 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 1.9 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 2.2 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.4 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 1.6 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 2.5 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 6.7 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 7.2 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 7.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 8.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 8.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 13.8 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 320°297 m15.7 mi
Mt TomNNW 343°257 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:04

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, 1 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey59 obs
  • Common Garter Snake48 obs
  • Canada Goose44 obs
  • Green Frog35 obs
  • White-tailed Deer33 obs
  • bloodroot32 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron31 obs
  • yellow trout lily31 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/328492822

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