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Varrier Playground

Varrier Playground from directly overhead

Varrier Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterson Playfield, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
201 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.42051, -83.20229
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Grant Park Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 3.8 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 4.4 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 4.3 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 4.4 mi
  • Wolverine: 4.4 mi
  • Seal: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 4.3 mi
  • Michigan War Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Ockham's Wedge: 4.4 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 5.0 mi
  • Grande Ballroom: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 4.4 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 4.4 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 353°388 m19.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 339°367 m23.9 mi
Bald MountainN 356°351 m19.9 mi
Mount KanzerNW 305°351 m24.4 mi
Mount OmichNW 307°347 m24.3 mi
Mount JudahNNW 346°345 m20.7 mi
Waterford HillNNW 332°342 m22.7 mi
Teeple HillNW 309°336 m23.1 mi
Conditions

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 solstice08:0016:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485969747265534131
Precip in2.12.12.53.23.73.73.43.53.02.82.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn #2, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Peck's Skipper7 obs
  • European Starling5 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail4 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4 obs
  • purple coneflower4 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/326962515

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