Sasser Playfield
Sasser Playfield is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Bald Mountain stands 351 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Salter Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.0 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Salter Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Brookins Park: 1.0 mi
- Ghesquiere Park: 1.3 mi
- Skinner Playfield: 1.3 mi
- Kerby Field: 1.3 mi
- Cook Schoolhouse: 1.3 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 4.9 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 4.9 mi
- Seafoam Palace of Arts and Amusements: 6.4 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 3.7 mi
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum: 3.8 mi
- Rope Swing: 5.3 mi
- Kayak Sandbar: 5.3 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 5.4 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 5.2 mi
- Dante: 6.1 mi
- Schiller: 6.1 mi
- Reverend Samuel Francis Smith Flagpole: 6.3 mi
- James J. Brady Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Gazelle: 5.3 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 5.6 mi
- One World . . . Under Michigan Stars: 5.7 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 5.7 mi
- Father Gabriel Richard: 6.2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Quickstad Park: 13.3 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 3.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.8 mi
- Vedic Village: 3.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Accretion Beach: 2.6 mi
- Little Beach: 2.7 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 2.8 mi
- Hipster Beach: 5.3 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 5.9 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 11.8 mi
- Main picnic site: 11.8 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 11.8 mi
- Otter picnic site: 11.8 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 19.9 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 22.6 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 22.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sasser Playfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NW 323° | 351 m | 24.8 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 336° | 302 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 336° | 290 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | WNW 291° | 257 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 2 mi away.
- Monarch15 obs
- Western Honey Bee12 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- American Goldfinch8 obs
- Mourning Dove7 obs
- White-throated Sparrow7 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco7 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/464233725
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