O'Brien Playground
O'Brien Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bessy Playground, a park 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bessy Playground: 0.7 mi
- Martz Park: 0.7 mi
- Josefiak Playlot: 0.7 mi
- Optimist-Parkgrove Playground: 0.7 mi
- Facsko Park: 0.9 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 1.5 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 3.1 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 4.4 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 4.7 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 4.7 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.3 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 4.3 mi
- Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural: 4.3 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 4.4 mi
- Heidelberg Project Bottle Structure: 4.4 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 3.4 mi
- Hamtramck Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 4.2 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 4.2 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.4 mi
- Statue of Pope John Paul II: 3.4 mi
- Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 3.4 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 3.4 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 3.8 mi
- Woodward: 5.0 mi
- Quickstad Park: 10.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 13.8 mi
- Marjorie Street Garden: 1.9 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 4.5 mi
- Vedic Village: 4.5 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 5.4 mi
- Hipster Beach: 5.4 mi
- Accretion Beach: 5.9 mi
- Little Beach: 5.9 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 6.0 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 8.6 mi
- Main picnic site: 8.7 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 8.7 mi
- Otter picnic site: 8.7 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.8 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 21.6 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 21.7 mi
- Halsted Hill: 22.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of O'Brien Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 327° | 388 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 330° | 351 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 345° | 302 m | 21.7 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 285° | 297 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 344° | 290 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | WNW 295° | 257 m | 16.8 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 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 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, 1 mi away.
- House Sparrow5 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
- Black Swallowtail5 obs
- Grass Spiders5 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee5 obs
- Mourning Dove4 obs
- American pokeweed4 obs
- ground-ivy4 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/464229047
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