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Parkland Community Park

Parkland Community Park from directly overhead

Parkland Community Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Parkland Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33959, -83.24981

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parkland Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Helm's Haven Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Warrendale Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Boy Scout Shelter Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Oak Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Sorenson House: 0.5 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 1.1 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 1.2 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Toll Gate Monument: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 0.6 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 3.2 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 6.6 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 6.7 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 8.2 mi
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 38
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 10.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 12.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 323°297 m14.3 mi
Mt TomN 349°257 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

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, 2 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey45 obs
  • Common Garter Snake42 obs
  • White-tailed Deer42 obs
  • Monarch42 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty41 obs
  • bloodroot32 obs
  • Green Frog32 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee32 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/396487127

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