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Bennett Arboretum Beech Collection

Bennett Arboretum Beech Collection from directly overhead

Bennett Arboretum Beech Collection is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Arboretum Oak Collection, a garden 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.41628, -83.47955
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Cass Benton Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Waterford Bend Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Northville West Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • River Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fish Hatchery Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • The North(ville) Pole: 0.9 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 1.1 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 2.1 mi
  • Maybury Farm: 3.4 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 5.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Robert's Rock: 1.2 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 2.5 mi
  • Hello: 2.7 mi
  • Land and Sea: 2.7 mi
  • Bob Prost: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 1.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Baseline Monument: 3.8 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Legacy Park: 1.9 mi
  • Coldwater Springs Nature Area: 3.0 mi
  • Garfield Road Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Thayer's Corner Nature Area: 3.6 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Turtlehead Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Mt Tom: 11.8 mi
  • Mont Beau: 14.7 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 15.3 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 9.1 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 297°405 m18.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 297°399 m18.8 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 31°388 m23.2 mi
Pine KnobNNE 14°367 m23.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 337°351 m15.3 mi
Bald MountainNNE 32°351 m23.9 mi
Mount OmichNNW 340°347 m15.7 mi
Mount JudahNNE 24°345 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer26 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail19 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty16 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • mayapple13 obs
  • Green Frog13 obs
  • American pokeweed12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/820275070

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