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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is East Glenwood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26617, -83.13554

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Glenwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Bell Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ecorse Housing Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tot Lot: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Fort Wayne: 3.0 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 5.0 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 5.2 mi
  • Grill Grove: 5.2 mi
  • The Glade: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 6.1 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 8.4 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Organic Garden: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 14.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 14.6 mi
  • Main picnic site: 14.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 14.6 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 15.9 mi
  • Little Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 19.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 319°297 m22.0 mi
Mt TomNNW 335°257 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:13
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 6 mi away.

  • dense blazing star35 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake22 obs
  • Walleye16 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake11 obs
  • chicory8 obs
  • prairie dock8 obs
  • White Bass6 obs
  • Peregrine Falcon5 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/554913770

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