Shaw Park
Shaw Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Park: 0.5 mi
- Dad Butler Park: 0.8 mi
- Madge Park: 0.8 mi
- Fuller Park: 1.0 mi
- Marx-Remington Park: 1.0 mi
- Decorative Garden: 2.2 mi
- Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.0 mi
- Center Line Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Church of Christ Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- The Ferndale Garden Club Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 2.6 mi
- Woodward: 3.6 mi
- Statue of Pope John Paul II: 4.1 mi
- Governor Alex J. Grosebeck Historic Marker: 4.2 mi
- Reflections Portal: 3.0 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 3.6 mi
- Way Too Many: 3.6 mi
- The Star Dream: 4.1 mi
- Dance Chimes: 5.4 mi
- Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
- Red Oaks Nature Center: 4.2 mi
- Ukrainian American Archives & Museum: 4.2 mi
- Hamtramck Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Royal Oak Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Hamtramck Disneyland: 3.5 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 4.0 mi
- Polk Penguin Conservation Center: 4.1 mi
- Cotton Family Wetlands Boardwalk: 4.2 mi
- Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat: 4.2 mi
- Quickstad Park: 6.2 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 9.8 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 9.8 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 9.2 mi
- Hipster Beach: 9.6 mi
- Accretion Beach: 10.3 mi
- Little Beach: 10.3 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.4 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Main picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
- Otter picnic site: 4.1 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
- Mt Tom: 12.2 mi
- Halsted Hill: 17.8 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 18.5 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 18.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shaw Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Heights Landfill | NNW 333° | 388 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 323° | 367 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 336° | 351 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Judah | NNW 327° | 345 m | 21.0 mi |
| Waterford Hill | NW 316° | 342 m | 24.5 mi |
| Fibber Mountain | N 354° | 302 m | 18.6 mi |
| Halsted Hill | W 281° | 297 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | N 354° | 290 m | 18.5 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 | 07:20 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 5 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail41 obs
- Peck's Skipper36 obs
- Red Admiral30 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
- Monarch24 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth24 obs
- Western Honey Bee23 obs
- American pokeweed23 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/554333907
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