Michigan’s Interurbans
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Michigan’s Interurbans is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cultivate Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49525949, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 28.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
- Waterworks Park: 0.3 mi
- Huron Landing Park: 0.4 mi
- Prospect Park: 0.5 mi
- Library Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 0.3 mi
- Ypsilanti: 0.4 mi
- First City Hall: 0.5 mi
- Elijah McCoy: 0.5 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 0.6 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 0.5 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 3.0 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 3.0 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 4.9 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 4.9 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 3.1 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 3.7 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area: 4.5 mi
- Pirate Ship: 4.1 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.1 mi
- Decode: 4.6 mi
- Palmer House: 6.2 mi
- Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 7.2 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 0.3 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 0.5 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 4.8 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 5.0 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.0 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.7 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.6 mi
- Martindale Beach: 19.8 mi
- Maple Beach: 20.3 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.7 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 21.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 17.8 mi
- Peach Mountain: 19.7 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 20.0 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.5 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 4.7 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.8 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 3.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Michigan’s Interurbans. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 333° | 405 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 334° | 399 m | 23.0 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 290° | 317 m | 24.9 mi |
| Peach Mountain | NW 305° | 313 m | 19.7 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 28° | 297 m | 20.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 291° | 287 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:20 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8133581121
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 17 mi
- Maybee · 17 mi
- Monroe County · 23 mi
- Monroe · 25 mi
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