Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Hazen S. Pingree Monument

Hazen S. Pingree Monument

Highlight • Monument

Hazen S. Pingree Monument

Name: Hazen S. Pingree Monument
Rating: 2

Recommended by 1 hikers

Save

Location: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Hazen S. Pingree Monument

5.0

(2)

hikers

1. Gateway to Freedom Monument – Comerica Park loop from Huntington Place

12.2km

03:07

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

hikers

2. Gateway to Freedom Monument – Comerica Park loop from Greektown

6.91km

01:46

20m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

hikers

3. The Belt, Detroit – Parker's Alley loop from Millender Center

8.00km

02:01

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

Veronika 2020

May 20, 2025

Seated in Grand Circus Park, silently watching crowds scurrying across Woodward, is a soldier who fought for his country, a mayor who saved his city, and a governor who served his state. For a generation, however, he was simply known as the "Idol of the People."

The Hazen S. Pingree Monument honors a man who served as Detroit mayor from 1890 to 1897, leaving office only after being elected governor of Michigan. Old Ping, as he was known, was named one of the 10 best mayors in U.S. history in a poll of scholars for Melvin Holli's 1999 book, "The American Mayor." In it, Holli writes that Pingree's "role as an advanced social reformer was unmatched by any big-city mayor in the last half of the 19th century." His tough-love form of social reform, historians note, was the forerunner for the reforms of the Progressive Era. Besides his social reforms, the Republican mayor is best known for turning vacant land into vegetable patches to feed the city's needy during the economic downturn of the 1890s.
historicdetroit.org/buildings/hazen-s-pingree-monument

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 150 m

Weather

Today

Sunday 2 November

13°C

4°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 2.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Detroit Riverwalk Viewpoint

Comerica Park

Queen Elizabeth II Gardens, Jackson Park

Holodomor Memorial – Famine Genocide in Soviet Ukraine 1932–1933

Caesars Windsor Casino

Wilkins Street, Downtown Detroit

Dequindre Cut Greenway

Detroit Riverwalk

Woodward Avenue

Belle Isle Beach

Greektown District

Ambassador Bridge

Hazen S. Pingree Monument

1. Gateway to Freedom Monument – Comerica Park loop from Huntington Place

2. Gateway to Freedom Monument – Comerica Park loop from Greektown

3. The Belt, Detroit – Parker's Alley loop from Millender Center

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️