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Museum On Main

Museum On Main from directly overhead

Museum On Main is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is North Main Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Washtenaw County Historical Society
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28512, -83.74805

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Main Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Wheeler Park: 0.2 mi
  • Depot Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Broadway Park West: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Nickels Arcade: 0.6 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 1.3 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 1.3 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 1.4 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 17
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 4.8 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 350°405 m17.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 350°399 m17.9 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 18°351 m24.4 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 285°344 m17.6 mi
Sackrider HillW 273°338 m23.6 mi
Big KameWNW 289°328 m18.3 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 282°327 m18.7 mi
Stofer HillWNW 291°321 m17.2 mi

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1020299959

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