Berkshire Creek Nature Area
Berkshire Creek Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Malletts Creek Nature Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Malletts Creek Nature Area: 0.2 mi
- Huron Parkway Nature Area: 0.4 mi
- Redbud Nature Area: 0.4 mi
- Braun Nature Area: 0.5 mi
- Molin Nature Area: 1.2 mi
- Bader Park: 0.4 mi
- Nelson Meade County Farm Park: 0.5 mi
- Sheffler Park: 0.5 mi
- Manchester Park: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Harold J. Lockett Park: 1.0 mi
- Decode: 1.0 mi
- Palmer House: 1.6 mi
- Southeast Tower: 2.6 mi
- Nickels Arcade: 2.6 mi
- Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.6 mi
- Gallup Park Frog: 1.1 mi
- Canoe Fan: 1.2 mi
- The Rock: 1.8 mi
- Tilted Donut with S, 2006: 2.2 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 2.2 mi
- Terhune Pioneer Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Professors’ Monument: 2.4 mi
- Native American Land Gift: 2.5 mi
- Michigan League: 2.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 1.2 mi
- Heathdale Collection: 2.0 mi
- Peony Garden: 2.1 mi
- Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Eula D. Marcks Garden: 2.5 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Cobblestone Farm: 1.2 mi
- UM Research Museums Center: 2.2 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History: 2.3 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: 2.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.0 mi
- Peach Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 15.5 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 20.0 mi
- Riley Hill: 20.1 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 17.4 mi
- Martindale Beach: 18.8 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 18.9 mi
- Maple Beach: 19.2 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 7.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.0 mi
- Rawsonville: 8.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Berkshire Creek Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 344° | 405 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 344° | 399 m | 20.2 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | WNW 288° | 344 m | 20.6 mi |
| Big Kame | WNW 291° | 328 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 285° | 327 m | 21.7 mi |
| Stofer Hill | WNW 293° | 321 m | 20.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 300° | 318 m | 20.7 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 291° | 317 m | 20.1 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 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 1 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle255 obs
- common buckthorn251 obs
- ground-ivy199 obs
- Mute Swan194 obs
- Mallard194 obs
- Canada Goose173 obs
- American Robin161 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel153 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/458848420
Day trips start here
- Maybee · 20 mi
- Carleton · 21 mi
- Monroe County · 26 mi
- Monroe · 28 mi
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