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Voigt Park

Voigt Park from directly overhead

Voigt Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 193 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maiullo Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38335, -83.08805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maiullo Park: 0.2 mi
  • community park (by CDC): 0.4 mi
  • McDuffy Park: 0.6 mi
  • Calvert Park: 0.7 mi
  • Virginia Park Gateway: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Detroit July 1967: 0.8 mi
  • Woodward: 1.6 mi
  • Statue of Pope John Paul II: 1.8 mi
  • Pope John Paul II: 1.8 mi
  • Jean François Hamtramck Monument: 1.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 10.2 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 10.3 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Marston Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Frontier Garden: 2.0 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 7.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 7.3 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Belle Isle Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 10.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Mt Tom: 14.4 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 23.4 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 23.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 340°388 m23.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 342°351 m23.6 mi
Fibber MountainN 357°302 m23.6 mi
Halsted HillWNW 296°297 m18.9 mi
Mt. SheldonN 357°290 m23.4 mi
Mt TomNW 312°257 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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, 4 mi away.

  • dense blazing star34 obs
  • chicory28 obs
  • Monarch25 obs
  • Black Swallowtail23 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly19 obs
  • Red Clover18 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider18 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/116556569

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