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Redbud Nature Area

Redbud Nature Area from directly overhead

Redbud Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheffler Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.25327, -83.69519
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 0.6 mi
  • Palmer House: 2.0 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 2.8 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.8 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • Gallup Park Frog: 1.6 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 1.6 mi
  • The Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
Museums: 34
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 7.6 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 344°405 m20.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 344°399 m20.6 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 289°344 m20.9 mi
Big KameWNW 292°328 m21.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 286°327 m21.9 mi
Stofer HillWNW 294°321 m20.5 mi
Prospect HillWNW 301°318 m21.1 mi
Riley HillWNW 292°317 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common buckthorn217 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle198 obs
  • Mallard185 obs
  • Mute Swan174 obs
  • Canada Goose167 obs
  • ground-ivy153 obs
  • American Robin116 obs
  • box elder107 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/458679948

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