Park · Michigan
Slocum Truax Park
Slocum Truax Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Trenton
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.14716, -83.17910
- 14.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 16.0 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Rotary Park: 0.3 mi
- Meyer Ellias Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Cambridge Tot Lot: 0.6 mi
- Teifer Park: 0.7 mi
- Monguagon Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Cox, Stein, Wrobleski Memorial Plaque: 2.8 mi
- Woodhaven Veterans Eternal Flame Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Biddle North of Eureka: 4.0 mi
- The Nine Lives of 3225 Biddle Avenue: 4.0 mi
- Marx Opera House: 4.0 mi
Artworks
- Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 4.6 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 8.7 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 8.8 mi
- Detroit: 10.1 mi
- March On: 10.1 mi
Attractions
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 10.6 mi
- Fort Wayne: 11.3 mi
- Grill Grove: 13.3 mi
- The Glade: 13.3 mi
- River's Edge Lawn: 13.3 mi
Museums: 56
- Trenton Historical Museum: 0.3 mi
- Trenton Cultural Center: 1.0 mi
- Gibraltar Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Southgate Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Marshland Museum: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 56
- Manor Woods: 1.4 mi
- Grays Drive Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Island Ave Woods: 1.6 mi
- Parkway Woods: 1.8 mi
- Stout Woods Open Space: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 42
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 5.9 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 9.8 mi
- Organic Garden: 12.4 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 16
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Elder Creek Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 5
- Belle Isle Beach: 17.1 mi
- Hipster Beach: 18.0 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 23.2 mi
- Little Beach: 23.3 mi
- Accretion Beach: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 11.6 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rawsonville: 19.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:19 | 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 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 10 mi away.
- Mallard30 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel20 obs
- American Robin19 obs
- Canada Goose17 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel17 obs
- Black Swallowtail14 obs
- Blanding's Turtle11 obs
- Downy Woodpecker11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/148164260
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 12 mi
- Monroe · 19 mi
- Maybee · 20 mi
- Monroe County · 23 mi
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