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Papp Park

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Papp Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boardman Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23844, -83.28225

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boardman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chelsea Park: 0.7 mi
  • Atlas Park: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Tulane-Trafalgar Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Organic Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 11.0 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 4.8 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 7.7 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 9.5 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 9.6 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 6.4 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 7.8 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 7.9 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Belle Isle Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 14.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Halsted Hill: 19.7 mi
  • Mt Tom: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 339°297 m19.7 mi
Mt TomN 358°257 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5820:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837496070747265534131
Precip in2.22.12.43.33.73.33.53.33.22.52.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch12 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee11 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee6 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee6 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/421317588

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