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Patton Park

Patton Park from directly overhead

Patton Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Weiss Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31215, -83.13734

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • March On: 1.5 mi
  • Detroit: 1.5 mi
  • The Path of Life: 2.9 mi
  • Composition with Five Elements: 3.3 mi
  • Jesuit Missionaries Cross: 3.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Fort Wayne: 2.3 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 3.1 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Rosa Parks Entrance: 3.7 mi
  • Grill Grove: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 9.3 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 11.4 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Frontier Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Plum Street Market Garden: 4.3 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 14.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 16.7 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 313°297 m19.6 mi
Mt TomNNW 331°257 m16.7 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 solstice07:5916:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 3 mi away.

  • dense blazing star37 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake17 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake15 obs
  • large twayblade10 obs
  • Common Garter Snake9 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle9 obs
  • prairie dock9 obs
  • Monarch7 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/58788861

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