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Votrobeck Playground

Votrobeck Playground from directly overhead

Votrobeck Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Equality Park (private), a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
195 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.43248, -83.24284
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Orchard Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Berg-Lahser Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Horsetail Woods: 1.6 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
Museums
  • Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Ferndale Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Franklin Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Royal Oak Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Governor Warner Mansion: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Ockham's Wedge: 2.9 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 5.3 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 5.5 mi
  • Sorenson House: 5.9 mi
  • Michael Jackson Cenotaph: 6.2 mi
Attractions
  • Fishing Platform: 4.4 mi
  • Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness: 5.1 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 5.1 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 5.1 mi
  • Wolverine: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 41
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 5.2 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 5.2 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 16
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillN 359°388 m18.8 mi
Pine KnobNNW 343°367 m22.4 mi
Bald MountainN 2°351 m19.1 mi
Mount KanzerNW 306°351 m22.2 mi
Mount OmichNW 308°347 m22.1 mi
Mount JudahN 351°345 m19.5 mi
Waterford HillNNW 336°342 m21.1 mi
Teeple HillNW 311°336 m20.9 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Monarch11 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
  • Peck's Skipper7 obs
  • Black Swallowtail6 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel5 obs
  • Western Honey Bee5 obs
  • American cancer-root5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/326845528

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