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Zussman Playground

Zussman Playground from directly overhead

Zussman Playground is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Woods Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38873, -83.13253

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • Palmer Park Urban Educational Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Marston Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Frontier Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Art Center Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • North Cass Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • Horsetail Woods: 8.0 mi
  • Hunters Lane Woods: 8.6 mi
  • Quickstad Park: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Main picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 6.2 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Belle Isle Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 12.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mt Tom: 12.6 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 22.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 22.6 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Belleville Rest Area: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNNW 345°388 m22.6 mi
Bald MountainNNW 347°351 m22.6 mi
Mount JudahNNW 339°345 m23.9 mi
Fibber MountainN 3°302 m23.2 mi
Halsted HillWNW 299°297 m16.7 mi
Mt. SheldonN 2°290 m23.0 mi
Mt TomNW 318°257 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

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, 4 mi away.

  • dense blazing star36 obs
  • Eastern Foxsnake17 obs
  • Butler's Garter Snake15 obs
  • Black Swallowtail10 obs
  • Monarch7 obs
  • eastern prairie fringed orchid7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer5 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/327173253

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