Food Gatherers
Food Gatherers is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Foxfire West Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Project Grow
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Foxfire West Park: 0.2 mi
- Olson Park: 0.3 mi
- Foxfire North Park: 0.5 mi
- Placid Way Park: 0.6 mi
- Leslie Park: 0.6 mi
- Dhu Varren Woods Nature Area: 0.3 mi
- Traver Creek Nature Area: 0.4 mi
- Buttonbush Nature Area: 0.8 mi
- Hickory Nature Area: 0.8 mi
- Stapp Nature Area: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Point: 1.1 mi
- Palmer House: 2.7 mi
- Nickels Arcade: 2.8 mi
- Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.7 mi
- Northwest Tower (Ross): 3.7 mi
- Canoe Tulip: 1.4 mi
- 3 Cubes In A 7 Axis Relationship: 1.7 mi
- Tools + Fire: 1.8 mi
- Summaries of Arithmetic Through Dust, Including Writing Not Yet Printed: 1.8 mi
- The Order of the Spheres: 1.8 mi
- Northeast Area Water Tower Project - 2002: 1.7 mi
- Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site: 2.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Michigan League: 2.7 mi
- Native American Land Gift: 2.8 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.4 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Community Food Forest at Leslie Park: 0.7 mi
- Project Grow Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Peony Garden: 2.5 mi
- Heathdale Collection: 2.5 mi
- Eula D. Marcks Garden: 2.7 mi
- Museum On Main: 2.5 mi
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum: 2.6 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History: 2.7 mi
- Kempf House Museum: 2.8 mi
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: 2.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.6 mi
- Peach Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 12.0 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 15.8 mi
- Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 15.9 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 13.4 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 14.7 mi
- Martindale Beach: 15.2 mi
- Maple Beach: 15.6 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.5 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 2.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Howell Rest Area 812: 23.1 mi
- Rawsonville: 11.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Food Gatherers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 345° | 405 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 345° | 399 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | NNE 18° | 351 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Omich | NNE 18° | 347 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | W 278° | 344 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | W 268° | 338 m | 24.7 mi |
| Teeple Hill | NNE 22° | 336 m | 23.5 mi |
| Peak 1083 | NNE 22° | 330 m | 23.5 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 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander209 obs
- Amur honeysuckle180 obs
- Green Frog141 obs
- mayapple128 obs
- common buckthorn121 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit113 obs
- bloodroot110 obs
- Mallard108 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/345323634
Day trips start here
- Maybee · 24 mi
- Carleton · 25 mi
- Monroe County · 30 mi
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