Malish Playground
Malish Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rudolph Szafraniec Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Detroit
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 28.4 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Rudolph Szafraniec Playground: 0.3 mi
- Wingle Park: 0.5 mi
- St. Hedwig Park: 0.5 mi
- Walter Sak Playground: 0.8 mi
- 30th-Herbert Park: 0.8 mi
- Bailey Temple Church of God in Christ: 1.4 mi
- Grande Ballroom: 2.4 mi
- The North Wall: 2.9 mi
- West Canfield Historic District: 3.0 mi
- Statue of Robert Burns: 3.1 mi
- The Huckleberry Explorers Club Museum & Gardens & General Store: 1.7 mi
- Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum: 1.8 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen National Museum at Historic Fort Wayne: 2.4 mi
- Great Lakes Indian Museum: 2.4 mi
- Motown Museum: 2.8 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 2.0 mi
- Fort Wayne: 2.5 mi
- The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 2.7 mi
- Rosa Parks Entrance: 2.8 mi
- The Glade: 2.8 mi
- Of Course, Of Course: 2.1 mi
- Grand River Creative Corridor Murals: 2.2 mi
- MLK: 2.3 mi
- The Path of Life: 2.3 mi
- Fish: 2.4 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 10.7 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 11.1 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 1.0 mi
- Frontier Garden: 2.5 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Plum Street Market Garden: 3.1 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 10.2 mi
- Main picnic site: 10.3 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 10.3 mi
- Otter picnic site: 10.3 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 10.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 7.2 mi
- Hipster Beach: 8.4 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.9 mi
- Little Beach: 13.0 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.1 mi
- Quinn: 18.1 mi
- Frederick: 21.1 mi
- Rawsonville: 23.5 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.2 mi
- Halsted Hill: 19.5 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Malish Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NW 308° | 297 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 326° | 257 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 17:04 |
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, 3 mi away.
- dense blazing star25 obs
- Monarch21 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake19 obs
- Butler's Garter Snake17 obs
- Red Admiral15 obs
- Black Swallowtail15 obs
- Northern Map Turtle11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 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/384124679
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 23 mi
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