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Sawyer Playground

Sawyer Playground from directly overhead

Sawyer Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Butzel Recreation Complex, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
198 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.39518, -83.18261
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 4.6 mi
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 5.6 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.6 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.7 mi
  • Wolverine: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 5.6 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 6.4 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 5.7 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 5.7 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 5.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 15.1 mi
Peaks: 10
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 351°388 m21.6 mi
Bald MountainN 354°351 m21.8 mi
Mount JudahNNW 345°345 m22.7 mi
Waterford HillNNW 332°342 m24.7 mi
Teeple HillNW 311°336 m25.0 mi
Peak 1083NW 311°330 m24.9 mi
Fibber MountainN 9°302 m23.0 mi
Halsted HillWNW 302°297 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dense blazing star23 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake9 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake9 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Common Garter Snake5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • Monarch5 obs
  • Orange-tipped Wood-digger5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/327153441

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