Rotary Playground
Rotary Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 291 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is W. George Wade Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 155 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 291 m
How to reach it
- 155.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- W. George Wade Park: 0.3 mi
- Loomis Park: 0.4 mi
- Best Field: 0.7 mi
- Workers Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Howard Woods Sr Recreation Complex: 0.9 mi
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star: 3.8 mi
- The Upside Down: 15.4 mi
- The Upside Down: 15.4 mi
- The Upside Down: 15.4 mi
- The Upside Down: 15.4 mi
- Gatewood Park: 3.3 mi
- Kate Palmer Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Dahlem Environmental Education Center: 5.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Sportsman's Club: 7.2 mi
- Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Hatt Hill: 6.4 mi
- Sackrider Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bundy Hill: 13.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 15.7 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 16.3 mi
- Ella Sharp Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Coe House Museum: 8.6 mi
- Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 8.7 mi
- The Lost Railway Museum: 8.8 mi
- Waterloo Farm Museum: 14.0 mi
- Summer Night Tree: 0.9 mi
- Grow: 1.1 mi
- Have A Nice Day: 1.2 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 1.4 mi
- Defense of the Flag: 1.4 mi
- McNaughton Family Plot: 1.9 mi
- South Marker: 12.1 mi
- North Marker: 12.3 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Justin James Ward Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Ella Sharp Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hosta Hillside: 20.7 mi
- Dart Tribute Garden: 24.9 mi
- Barber House Children's Garden: 25.0 mi
- Sandstone Rest Area 819: 5.6 mi
- Jackson Rest Area 820: 8.4 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Cross Spring: 11.1 mi
- Artesian Well: 13.9 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 15.8 mi
- Robert D. Wymer Memorial Pavilion: 10.3 mi
- Island picnic site: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rotary Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Ridge | S 187° | 387 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bundy Hill | SSW 195° | 381 m | 13.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 156° | 372 m | 16.3 mi |
| Hatt Hill | S 183° | 348 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | ENE 65° | 344 m | 17.2 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSE 159° | 344 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | ENE 68° | 338 m | 9.8 mi |
| Big Kame | ENE 61° | 328 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:36 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:04 | 16:24 | 17:09 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Reynolds FLD, 4 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal11 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel10 obs
- Mourning Dove8 obs
- Blue Jay7 obs
- House Sparrow7 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider7 obs
- American Toad7 obs
- Grass Spiders7 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/561591339
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