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Syracuse Playground

Syracuse Playground from directly overhead

Syracuse Playground is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kern Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.2 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43503, -83.04717

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 2.6 mi
  • Pope John Paul II: 3.0 mi
  • Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Woodward: 3.2 mi
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Quickstad Park: 8.3 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 11.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Marjorie Street Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Decorative Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Belle Isle Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.1 mi
  • Main picnic site: 6.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 14.2 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 20.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 20.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 331°388 m21.2 mi
Bald MountainNNW 334°351 m21.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 326°345 m23.0 mi
Fibber MountainN 351°302 m20.3 mi
Halsted HillWNW 284°297 m19.6 mi
Mt. SheldonN 350°290 m20.1 mi
Mt TomWNW 296°257 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837486070747365534132
Precip in1.41.42.02.83.53.13.23.13.12.32.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle11 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail10 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth10 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Peck's Skipper8 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/622479745

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