Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum
Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 219 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 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 23 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan is an automotive museum that features cars assembled at the nearby Willow Run Plant and vehicles made by Hudson Motors. The museum is an official site of the MotorCities National Heritage Area, which is "dedicated to preserving, interpreting and promoting the automotive and labor heritage of the State of Michigan."
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8059463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 28.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- First City Hall: 0.2 mi
- Ypsilanti: 0.3 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 0.3 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 0.4 mi
- Elijah McCoy: 0.5 mi
- Frog Island Park: 0.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
- Prospect Park: 0.3 mi
- Garden and Statue of St. Mary: 0.5 mi
- Library Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 0.5 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 2.7 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 2.8 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 4.6 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 4.6 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 2.8 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 3.4 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Braun Nature Area: 4.4 mi
- Pirate Ship: 4.3 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.3 mi
- Decode: 4.5 mi
- Palmer House: 6.0 mi
- Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 7.0 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 0.3 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 4.9 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cobblestone Farm: 5.2 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 4.7 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.4 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.3 mi
- Martindale Beach: 19.5 mi
- Maple Beach: 20.0 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.4 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 21.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 17.6 mi
- Peach Mountain: 19.5 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 19.7 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.3 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.6 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 4.9 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.4 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.1 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Rawsonville: 3.6 mi
- The Bluffs: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum. 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 | 22.6 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 333° | 399 m | 22.7 mi |
| Stofer Hill | WNW 291° | 321 m | 24.8 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 289° | 317 m | 24.7 mi |
| Peach Mountain | NW 304° | 313 m | 19.5 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 28° | 297 m | 20.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 290° | 287 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mt Tom | NE 39° | 257 m | 24.9 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 | 20:32 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/113287212
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 17 mi
- Maybee · 17 mi
- Monroe County · 23 mi
- Monroe · 25 mi
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