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Bird Hills Nature Area

Bird Hills Nature Area from directly overhead

Bird Hills Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Nature Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.30389, -83.75944
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Barton Nature Area: 0.3 mi
  • Barton Nature Area: 0.3 mi
  • Bird Hills Nature Area: 0.4 mi
  • Barton Nature Area: 0.4 mi
  • Barton Nature Area: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Riverwood Nature Area: 0.4 mi
  • White Oak Park: 0.8 mi
  • Onder Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mixtwood Pomona Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hunt Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Sunset Point: 1.5 mi
  • Nickels Arcade: 2.0 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 2.6 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.7 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 44
Picnic sites: 37
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
Museums: 34
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 19
Beaches: 10
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 3.6 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.6 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 23.1 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 351°405 m16.3 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 351°399 m16.5 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 21°351 m23.4 mi
Mount OmichNNE 21°347 m24.2 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 281°344 m16.8 mi
Sackrider HillW 270°338 m23.0 mi
Teeple HillNNE 25°336 m25.0 mi
Big KameWNW 286°328 m17.4 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 solstice08:0216:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle354 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel248 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail243 obs
  • Mallard238 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander224 obs
  • ground-ivy219 obs
  • white clover213 obs
  • chicory189 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/394249968

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