Flame of Wisdom
Flame of Wisdom is an artwork in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Felch Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Stainless steel sculpture. Gift of the Kaufman family.
What the record says
- Built
- 2005
What to expect
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Felch Park: 0.1 mi
- Ingalls Mall: 0.2 mi
- The Diag: 0.4 mi
- Broadway Park: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Rampant Unicorn: 0.2 mi
- Sea Nymph: 0.2 mi
- Pumas (1940): 0.2 mi
- Pumas (1940): 0.2 mi
- Sunday Morning in Deep Waters: 0.2 mi
- Nickels Arcade: 0.4 mi
- Palmer House: 1.0 mi
- Northeast Tower (Tisch): 1.2 mi
- Northwest Tower (Ross): 1.3 mi
- Southeast Tower: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Bend Nature Area: 0.8 mi
- Bluffs Nature Area: 1.1 mi
- Hannah Park: 1.3 mi
- Kuebler Langford Nature Area: 1.5 mi
- Sunset Brooks Nature Area: 1.5 mi
- Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site: 0.1 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Michigan League: 0.2 mi
- Native American Land Gift: 0.3 mi
- Professors’ Monument: 0.4 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Eula D. Marcks Garden: 0.2 mi
- Peony Garden: 0.5 mi
- Heathdale Collection: 0.6 mi
- Project Grow Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Community Food Forest at Leslie Park: 1.8 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: 0.5 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Kempf House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum: 0.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.7 mi
- Peach Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 13.0 mi
- Riley Hill: 17.8 mi
- Stofer Hill: 17.9 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 15.8 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.0 mi
- Martindale Beach: 17.6 mi
- Maple Beach: 18.1 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.7 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Howell Rest Area 812: 25.0 mi
- Rawsonville: 10.5 mi
- The Bluffs: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flame of Wisdom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 348° | 405 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 348° | 399 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | NNE 17° | 351 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | WNW 285° | 344 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | W 273° | 338 m | 24.3 mi |
| Big Kame | WNW 289° | 328 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 282° | 327 m | 19.4 mi |
| Stofer Hill | WNW 290° | 321 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:33 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5633650198
Day trips start here
- Maybee · 22 mi
- Carleton · 23 mi
- Monroe County · 28 mi
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