Parkwood Playground
Parkwood Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Voss Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 194 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 23.1 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Voss Park: 0.4 mi
- Dozier Recreation Center: 0.4 mi
- Kennedy Park: 0.6 mi
- Bel-Aire Park: 0.7 mi
- Manor Park: 1.0 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- City Park: 5.8 mi
- Madonna Park: 7.0 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Wayne Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- McFadden-Ross House: 4.8 mi
- The Henry Ford: 5.1 mi
- Davidson Gerson Gallery of Glass: 5.3 mi
- James Howard Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 4.0 mi
- D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 5.4 mi
- Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 5.5 mi
- Sorenson House: 5.6 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 4.2 mi
- Organic Garden: 5.1 mi
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 7.3 mi
- Brightmoor Youth Garden: 7.7 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
- Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.5 mi
- Tree Climb Feature: 4.6 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 5.4 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 5.6 mi
- Log Pile Pyramid: 5.8 mi
- DTW Welcome Sign: 4.6 mi
- Boy With Plaid Scarf: 4.9 mi
- Man With Umbrella: 5.0 mi
- Coins Collection: 5.3 mi
- Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 6.2 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 18.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 18.4 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 18.8 mi
- Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 19.2 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.7 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 21.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 14.9 mi
- Mt Tom: 15.6 mi
- Rawsonville: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parkwood Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NNW 343° | 297 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mt Tom | N 7° | 257 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:32 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:19 | 17:05 |
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 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 5 mi away.
- Monarch14 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee13 obs
- Black Swallowtail12 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
- Blue-tipped Dancer8 obs
- Peck's Skipper8 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 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/369357423
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 17 mi
- Maybee · 22 mi
- Monroe · 27 mi
- Monroe County · 28 mi
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