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Tuttle Playground

Tuttle Playground from directly overhead

Tuttle Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Votrobeck Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
197 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.43948, -83.24360
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 1.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.0 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Governor Warner Mansion: 7.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Ockham's Wedge: 2.5 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 5.7 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 6.0 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 6.2 mi
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 4.1 mi
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 4.8 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 4.9 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 4.9 mi
  • Wolverine: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 41
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 5.0 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 5.0 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 5.0 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 360°388 m18.3 mi
Pine KnobNNW 343°367 m21.9 mi
Bald MountainN 2°351 m18.6 mi
Mount KanzerNW 305°351 m21.9 mi
Mount OmichNW 307°347 m21.8 mi
Mount JudahN 351°345 m19.0 mi
Waterford HillNNW 336°342 m20.6 mi
Teeple HillNW 310°336 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3221:14
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 °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • Western Honey Bee5 obs
  • Black Swallowtail5 obs
  • American cancer-root5 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider5 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Wild Turkey4 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/326845527

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