Penn-Vassar Park
Penn-Vassar Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitmore-Bolles Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 22.9 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitmore-Bolles Park: 0.4 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.6 mi
- Pardee Athletic Fields: 0.7 mi
- Oxford Park: 0.7 mi
- Heather Lane Park: 0.8 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 0.6 mi
- Organic Garden: 2.7 mi
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 5.0 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Brightmoor Youth Garden: 7.8 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Henry Ford: 1.8 mi
- McFadden-Ross House: 1.8 mi
- Davidson Gerson Gallery of Glass: 2.0 mi
- Greenfield Village: 2.0 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 1.7 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 4.3 mi
- Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 7.9 mi
- Tree Climb Feature: 8.0 mi
- Fort Wayne: 8.2 mi
- James Howard Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 2.1 mi
- Toll Gate Monument: 2.5 mi
- Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Sorenson House: 4.3 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 2.7 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 3.1 mi
- DTW Welcome Sign: 5.6 mi
- Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 5.8 mi
- Detroit: 5.8 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 6.2 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 9.2 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 14.8 mi
- Hipster Beach: 16.0 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 19.6 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 19.8 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 20.6 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.5 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 17.3 mi
- Rawsonville: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Penn-Vassar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NNW 331° | 297 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mt Tom | N 353° | 257 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:19 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 3 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail133 obs
- Monarch126 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee23 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail21 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
- Western Honey Bee19 obs
- American Goldfinch19 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/407269306
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 17 mi
- Maybee · 24 mi
- Monroe · 26 mi
- Monroe County · 28 mi
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