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Newport Creek Nature Area

Newport Creek Nature Area from directly overhead

Newport Creek Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverwood Nature Area, a park 0.2 miles away. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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City of Ann Arbor

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30432, -83.76888

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverwood Nature Area: 0.2 mi
  • White Oak Park: 0.5 mi
  • Garden Homes Park: 0.6 mi
  • Creal Park: 0.7 mi
  • Miller Nature Area: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Sunset Point: 2.0 mi
  • Nickels Arcade: 2.3 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 2.8 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.8 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 18
Beaches: 10
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 3.7 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 353°405 m16.2 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 353°399 m16.4 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 22°351 m23.5 mi
Mount OmichNNE 23°347 m24.3 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 282°344 m16.3 mi
Sackrider HillW 270°338 m22.5 mi
Big KameWNW 286°328 m16.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillW 278°327 m17.4 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 solstice08:0216:2117:06

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1194478653

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