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Rotary Park

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Rotary Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Southgate Nature Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18830, -83.20584

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Southgate Nature Center: 0.6 mi
  • McCann Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Spruce Park: 0.8 mi
  • Glens Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
  • Southgate Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Trenton Cultural Center: 3.3 mi
  • Trenton Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Gibraltar Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 2.9 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 4.4 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 7.5 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 9.4 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 11.1 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 11.5 mi
  • Grill Grove: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 51
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Organic Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Elder Creek Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Belle Isle Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 22.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 12.6 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 24.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 23.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 333°297 m24.4 mi
Mt TomNNW 349°257 m23.6 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 °F262837496070747265534131
Precip in2.22.12.43.33.73.33.53.33.22.52.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 7 mi away.

  • cutleaf teasel53 obs
  • New England aster46 obs
  • common buckthorn40 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle31 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood30 obs
  • chicory27 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle26 obs
  • common reed19 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/471301742

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