Salsinger Playground
Salsinger Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben Hill Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ben Hill Playground: 0.5 mi
- Quincy-Midland Park: 0.6 mi
- Pilgrim Village/Martin Park Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Cool Cities Park: 0.8 mi
- Zussman Playground: 0.8 mi
- Way Too Many: 1.1 mi
- Reflections Portal: 2.1 mi
- Rest In Respect: 2.6 mi
- Continuity Tower: 3.4 mi
- The Justice Wall: 3.4 mi
- Woodward: 1.7 mi
- Detroit July 1967: 2.2 mi
- Grande Ballroom: 2.4 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 2.9 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 1.8 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Grant Park Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Frontier Garden: 4.0 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Motown Museum: 3.2 mi
- Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum: 3.3 mi
- Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts: 3.3 mi
- Exhibit 3000: 3.6 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 3.7 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 3.6 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 5.4 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 5.4 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 5.5 mi
- Prairie Dog: 5.5 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 7.8 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 8.3 mi
- Quickstad Park: 8.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 5.4 mi
- Main picnic site: 5.4 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
- Otter picnic site: 5.5 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 5.5 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 8.6 mi
- Hipster Beach: 9.5 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.4 mi
- Little Beach: 12.4 mi
- Accretion Beach: 12.4 mi
- Mt Tom: 12.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 16.5 mi
- Oakland Heights Landfill: 21.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 22.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salsinger Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 344° | 388 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 346° | 351 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 338° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | N 2° | 302 m | 22.4 mi |
| Halsted Hill | WNW 296° | 297 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 2° | 290 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 315° | 257 m | 12.1 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 | 17:03 |
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, 4 mi away.
- dense blazing star26 obs
- White-tailed Deer11 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
- American pokeweed11 obs
- Eastern Foxsnake11 obs
- Butler's Garter Snake10 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly9 obs
- Monarch8 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/180752369
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 27 mi
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