Sweeney Park
Sweeney Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Schoolhouse, a museum 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ghesquiere Park: 0.3 mi
- Jules De Porre Park: 0.9 mi
- Salter Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Chene-Trombley Park: 1.1 mi
- Kerby Field: 1.1 mi
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Former Site of Eminem Childhood Home: 4.9 mi
- Kayak Sandbar: 6.3 mi
- Rope Swing: 6.3 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 6.6 mi
- Gazelle: 6.5 mi
- One World . . . Under Michigan Stars: 6.7 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 6.9 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 7.0 mi
- Father Gabriel Richard: 7.5 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 6.6 mi
- Dante: 7.3 mi
- Schiller: 7.3 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Reverend Samuel Francis Smith Flagpole: 7.4 mi
- Cook Schoolhouse: 0.3 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.6 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 6.2 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 6.2 mi
- The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 7.1 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Quickstad Park: 14.3 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Sterling Heights Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 2.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Eastpointe Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 4.4 mi
- Vedic Village: 4.8 mi
- Accretion Beach: 1.8 mi
- Little Beach: 2.0 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 2.2 mi
- Hipster Beach: 6.2 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 7.1 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Main picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
- Otter picnic site: 13.0 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.3 mi
- Mt Tom: 21.0 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 22.7 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 22.8 mi
- Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweeney Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 333° | 302 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 332° | 290 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mt Tom | WNW 288° | 257 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 17:02 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 2 mi away.
- American Robin16 obs
- Western Honey Bee16 obs
- Canada Goose13 obs
- ground-ivy11 obs
- Monarch10 obs
- Mourning Dove9 obs
- spotted lady's thumb9 obs
- Black Swallowtail9 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/562374734
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