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Papalas Park

Papalas Park from directly overhead

Papalas Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Park, a park 0.1 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

Coordinates42.25250, -83.15952

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Park: 0.1 mi
  • 15th and Outer Drive Park: 0.1 mi
  • Eli Ciungan Park: 0.2 mi
  • VFW Park: 0.3 mi
  • Salliotte and 12th Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Count Casimir Pulaski Statue: 3.0 mi
  • John Paul II: 3.2 mi
  • Hotel Arlington: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fort Wayne: 4.5 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 4.6 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 6.5 mi
  • Grill Grove: 6.7 mi
  • The Glade: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 5.2 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 7.5 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Organic Garden: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 17.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.6 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 20.0 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 323°297 m21.9 mi
Mt TomNNW 339°257 m20.0 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 solstice07:5916:1917:04

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, 6 mi away.

  • dense blazing star29 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake20 obs
  • White Bass18 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake12 obs
  • Leopard Slug12 obs
  • Walleye10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail9 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth9 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/457657077

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