York Playground
York Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 25.2 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Park: 0.4 mi
- Martha-Myrtle Park: 0.5 mi
- Tannahill Park: 0.6 mi
- Levagood Park: 0.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 0.9 mi
- James Howard Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Sorenson House: 2.0 mi
- Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 2.3 mi
- D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 2.3 mi
- Toll Gate Monument: 2.4 mi
- Organic Garden: 1.4 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 3.1 mi
- Brightmoor Youth Garden: 5.3 mi
- Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- GRDC Rain Garden: 6.2 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
- McFadden-Ross House: 1.6 mi
- The Henry Ford: 2.0 mi
- Davidson Gerson Gallery of Glass: 2.1 mi
- Greenfield Village: 2.3 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 2.1 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 2.6 mi
- Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 6.2 mi
- Tree Climb Feature: 6.3 mi
- Log Pile Pyramid: 7.8 mi
- Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 3.3 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 4.6 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 4.7 mi
- Detroit: 6.6 mi
- March On: 6.6 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 5.8 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Sunset Park: 7.6 mi
- Sunset Park: 7.8 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.0 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 12.0 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 12.2 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 14.7 mi
- Hipster Beach: 15.9 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 17.0 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 17.4 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 19.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.8 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 24.8 mi
- Mt Tom: 14.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 14.9 mi
- Rawsonville: 16.3 mi
- Quinn: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of York Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NNW 328° | 297 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mt Tom | N 353° | 257 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:19 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 1 mi away.
- Common Garter Snake45 obs
- Wild Turkey42 obs
- White-tailed Deer39 obs
- Monarch39 obs
- Green Frog37 obs
- bloodroot32 obs
- Canada Goose31 obs
- Virginia bluebells29 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/369240594
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