Russell Woods Park
Russell Woods Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Knox Court Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Knox Court Park: 0.3 mi
- Zussman Playground: 0.5 mi
- McCabe Park: 0.8 mi
- Intervale-Roselawn Park: 0.9 mi
- Littlefield Playfield: 0.9 mi
- Grande Ballroom: 1.3 mi
- Detroit July 1967: 1.9 mi
- Woodward: 2.6 mi
- Bailey Temple Church of God in Christ: 2.9 mi
- Robert Pauli Scherer: 4.0 mi
- Rest In Respect: 2.0 mi
- Way Too Many: 2.3 mi
- Continuity Tower: 3.1 mi
- The Justice Wall: 3.2 mi
- Light Bender: 3.3 mi
- Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum: 2.4 mi
- Motown Museum: 2.8 mi
- Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts: 3.2 mi
- Detroit Children’s Museum: 3.5 mi
- Exhibit 3000: 3.5 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.1 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Frontier Garden: 3.4 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 4.4 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 4.9 mi
- Fox Office Building: 5.3 mi
- The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 5.4 mi
- Rosa Parks Entrance: 5.6 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 8.0 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 8.7 mi
- Quickstad Park: 9.8 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 6.6 mi
- Main picnic site: 6.6 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 6.6 mi
- Otter picnic site: 6.6 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 8.5 mi
- Hipster Beach: 9.5 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.9 mi
- Little Beach: 13.0 mi
- Accretion Beach: 13.0 mi
- Mt Tom: 12.7 mi
- Halsted Hill: 16.7 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 23.0 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 23.5 mi
- Quinn: 16.0 mi
- Frederick: 18.6 mi
- Rawsonville: 24.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Russell Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 346° | 388 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 348° | 351 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 340° | 345 m | 24.2 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | N 3° | 302 m | 23.7 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 301° | 297 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 3° | 290 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 320° | 257 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 3 mi away.
- dense blazing star36 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake25 obs
- Butler's Garter Snake15 obs
- eastern prairie fringed orchid8 obs
- Black Swallowtail7 obs
- Monarch6 obs
- Common Garter Snake5 obs
- American pokeweed5 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/327173252
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 26 mi
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