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Soldiers and Sailors Park

Soldiers and Sailors Park from directly overhead

Soldiers and Sailors Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Sand Hill stands 189 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is American Legion World War I Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 0.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91403, -83.38816

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • C.D. "AL" Cappuccili Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rauch Park: 0.3 mi
  • Labor Park: 0.4 mi
  • Riviere Aux Raisins Park: 0.4 mi
  • Altrusa Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 37
Museums: 26
Artworks: 25
  • Big Goose: 14.4 mi
  • Goose: 14.4 mi
  • Goose: 14.4 mi
  • Angel: 14.4 mi
  • City Candy: 19.4 mi
Gardens: 20
Picnic sites: 8
  • Flint Woods Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Elder Creek Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Attractions: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 3.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 9.1 mi
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 15.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Great Sulphur Spring: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSW 216°189 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5920:3121:13
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice07:5916:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485970747164534131

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe, 2 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle13 obs
  • common milkweed9 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • Flowering-rush8 obs
  • common reed8 obs
  • Great Egret8 obs
  • Mallard7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/225195855

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