Hecla Park

Hecla Park is a park in City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Hecla Park is situated nearby to Bryant Vermont Park, as well as near First Fellowship Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hitsville U.S.A. and Douglass Academy for Young Men.

Hitsville U.S.A.

Museum

Photo: Blob4000, Public domain.

"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city. Hitsville U.S.A. is situated 4,000 feet north of Hecla Park.

Douglass Academy for Young Men

School

Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.

Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men is a Detroit, Michigan grade 9-12 school exclusively for boys. It is a part of Detroit Public Schools Community District, and it is the only all-male public school in the State of Michigan. Douglass Academy for Young Men is situated 1,800 feet south of Hecla Park.

Saint Andrew’s Memorial Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church is a historic church located in Detroit, Michigan. As of 2008, it is used by Wayne State University and referred to as St. Andrew's Hall. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Saint Andrew’s Memorial Episcopal Church is situated 2,800 feet east of Hecla Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ford–Lodge interchange and New Center.

Ford–Lodge interchange

Locality

The Ford–Lodge interchange is a freeway interchange in Detroit, Michigan. It forms the junction of Interstate 94, with M-10. The interchange was completed in 1955, and is the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange in the United States.

New Center

Suburb

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Center is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of Downtown.

Midtown-New Center

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Hecla Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35385° or 42° 21′ 14″ north

Longitude

-83.08299° or 83° 4′ 59″ west

Operator

Detroit

Open location code

86JR9W38+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 381668634

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Bryant Vermont Park and First Fellowship Baptist Church.

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