Water Works Park
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Water Works Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Stockton Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Stockton Park: 0.3 mi
- Charles McGee Legacy Park: 0.4 mi
- The Great Lawn: 0.5 mi
- Engel Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Erma Henderson Park: 0.5 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 0.3 mi
- Rope Swing: 1.2 mi
- Kayak Sandbar: 1.3 mi
- Ralph Wilson Gateway & Trail: 1.3 mi
- Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory: 1.5 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 0.4 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 0.4 mi
- Dossin Great Lakes Museum: 1.6 mi
- Seafoam Palace of Arts and Amusements: 1.8 mi
- William V. Banks Broadcast Museum & Media Center: 2.3 mi
- Gazelle: 0.6 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 1.1 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 1.1 mi
- Father Gabriel Richard: 1.2 mi
- One World . . . Under Michigan Stars: 1.3 mi
- Dante: 1.0 mi
- Schiller: 1.1 mi
- Reverend Samuel Francis Smith Flagpole: 1.3 mi
- James J. Brady Memorial: 1.3 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 1.3 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Quickstad Park: 14.7 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 15.2 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Shipherd Greens Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 1.5 mi
- Vedic Village: 1.8 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 2.2 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 0.9 mi
- Hipster Beach: 1.2 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 5.7 mi
- Little Beach: 5.8 mi
- Accretion Beach: 5.9 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 12.1 mi
- Main picnic site: 12.2 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 12.2 mi
- Otter picnic site: 12.2 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
- Mt Tom: 20.0 mi
- Halsted Hill: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Water Works Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | WNW 295° | 297 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 305° | 257 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
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 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 4 mi away.
- Monarch124 obs
- Mute Swan84 obs
- Canada Goose80 obs
- purple loosestrife73 obs
- common milkweed72 obs
- Groundhog66 obs
- Western Honey Bee65 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel62 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/562240179
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 29 mi
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