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Piwok Park

Piwok Park from directly overhead

Piwok Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kemeney Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.1 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26707, -83.15679

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kemeney Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tot Lot: 0.9 mi
  • Salliotte and 12th Park: 0.9 mi
  • VFW Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ecorse Housing Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Count Casimir Pulaski Statue: 4.0 mi
  • John Paul II: 4.2 mi
  • Hotel Arlington: 4.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fort Wayne: 3.8 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 4.2 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 5.7 mi
  • Grill Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Rosa Parks Entrance: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 6.2 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 8.5 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Organic Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 14.5 mi
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Belle Isle Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 16.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.5 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 19.1 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 321°297 m21.2 mi
Mt TomNNW 338°257 m19.1 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 solstice07:5916:1917:04

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, 6 mi away.

  • dense blazing star37 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake17 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake15 obs
  • Leopard Slug10 obs
  • chicory9 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth9 obs
  • prairie dock9 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 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/383235862

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