Park · Michigan
Thorn Park
Thorn Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. The nearest named place is King Road Ballfields, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.15112, -83.26380
- 14.0 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 16.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- King Road Ballfields: 0.2 mi
- Prairie Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Frazier Park: 1.1 mi
- Heritage 1 Park: 1.3 mi
- Capital Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- Woodhaven Veterans Eternal Flame Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Eureka Way: 3.2 mi
- Eureka Way: 3.2 mi
- Eureka Way: 3.6 mi
- Welcome to Taylor: 4.7 mi
Museums: 60
- Trenton Cultural Center: 3.5 mi
- Flat Rock Depot & Museum: 4.0 mi
- Trenton Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Southgate Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Gibraltar Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Huroc Park: 4.1 mi
- Humbug Marsh: 4.8 mi
- Gibraltar Wetlands: 5.1 mi
- Manor Woods: 5.5 mi
- Grays Drive Open Space: 5.7 mi
Artworks
- Coins Collection: 6.7 mi
- Man With Umbrella: 6.8 mi
- Boy With Plaid Scarf: 6.8 mi
- DTW Welcome Sign: 6.9 mi
- Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 6.9 mi
Attractions
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 10.2 mi
- Fort Wayne: 13.3 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 13.5 mi
- MTB Skinny: 13.9 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 50
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 4.3 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 7.5 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 8.7 mi
- Organic Garden: 11.8 mi
- Cadillac Urban Garden: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 17
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Elder Creek Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 8.8 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 2
- Belle Isle Beach: 19.8 mi
- Hipster Beach: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rawsonville: 15.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 7 mi away.
- alder buckthorn17 obs
- fringed loosestrife15 obs
- common boneset15 obs
- swamp lousewort15 obs
- White-tubed Colicroot15 obs
- American Royal Fern15 obs
- American Toad13 obs
- cardinal flower12 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/460917612
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 9 mi
- Maybee · 16 mi
- Monroe · 18 mi
- Monroe County · 20 mi
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