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Thomas Brand Memorial Park

Thomas Brand Memorial Park from directly overhead

Thomas Brand Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ginger Bread Tot Lot, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26902, -83.19453

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Toll Gate Monument: 3.1 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Count Casimir Pulaski Statue: 4.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Organic Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 6.7 mi
  • Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • The Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
  • Stout Woods Open Space: 9.0 mi
  • Island Ave Woods: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 18.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 18.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 325°297 m19.9 mi
Mt TomNNW 343°257 m18.4 mi

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 solstice07:5916:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 4 mi away.

  • dense blazing star22 obs
  • Monarch19 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake11 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake10 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel7 obs
  • Black Swallowtail7 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail7 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/361136106

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