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Professors’ Monument

Professors’ Monument from directly overhead

Professors’ Monument is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Block M, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 28 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

There is a half-broken column that stands upon a small pedestal at the southeast corner of Hatcher Library. Plaques for Professors Douglass Houghton (Geology), Charles Fox (Agriculture), and Samuel Denton (Medicine).

The record

What the record says

Material
limestone
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.27609, -83.73769
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Block M: 0.1 mi
  • Veltman's Diagram: 0.1 mi
  • Beal Books: 0.1 mi
  • g Minus Two: 0.1 mi
  • The Short, Rich Life of Positronium: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • The Diag: 0.1 mi
  • Ingalls Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Felch Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hanover Square: 0.4 mi
  • Liberty Plaza: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Nickels Arcade: 0.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 0.8 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 0.9 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 0.9 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 46
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 34
Museums: 31
Peaks: 17
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.5 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 349°405 m18.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 349°399 m18.6 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 17°351 m24.8 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 287°344 m18.3 mi
Sackrider HillW 274°338 m24.2 mi
Big KameWNW 290°328 m19.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 283°327 m19.4 mi
Stofer HillWNW 292°321 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465868727062513929
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.84.23.93.33.02.92.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11890340225

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