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Stein Playground

Stein Playground from directly overhead

Stein Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fitzpatrick Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.0 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.36352, -83.22295
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fitzpatrick Park: 0.3 mi
  • Weaver-Penrod Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fitzpatrick-Warwick Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Greenview-Wadsworth Park: 0.8 mi
  • Stoepel Park Number 2: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 1.4 mi
  • Sorenson House: 1.6 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 1.9 mi
  • Toll Gate Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Rouge Park cannon: 1.6 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 4.7 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 7.7 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 7.8 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 7.9 mi
Artworks
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 1.7 mi
  • Rest In Respect: 6.0 mi
  • Rusty the Dog: 6.3 mi
  • March On: 6.4 mi
  • Detroit: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Organic Garden: 3.0 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 6.2 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 7.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 8.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 8.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 17.4 mi
Peaks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 357°388 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainN 359°351 m23.8 mi
Mount JudahN 351°345 m24.4 mi
Halsted HillNW 314°297 m14.0 mi
Mt TomNNW 341°257 m11.7 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
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Wingstem15 obs
  • mayapple14 obs
  • Common Raccoon12 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty12 obs
  • Great Blue Heron11 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort11 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/79583074

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