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Ruthven Nature Area

Ruthven Nature Area from directly overhead

Ruthven Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 27 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.27850, -83.69619
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Gallup Park: 0.2 mi
  • Geddes Lake Picnic Park: 0.3 mi
  • Narrow Gage Way Park: 0.4 mi
  • Devonshire Park: 0.4 mi
  • Furstenberg Nature Area: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 40
  • Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Heathdale Collection: 1.4 mi
  • Peony Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Eula D. Marcks Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Gaffield Children's Garden: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Museums: 34
Peaks: 17
  • Prospect Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 14.7 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 18.8 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 18.9 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 342°405 m18.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 343°399 m18.9 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 12°351 m24.1 mi
Mount OmichNNE 13°347 m24.9 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 284°344 m20.3 mi
Big KameWNW 288°328 m21.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 282°327 m21.4 mi
Stofer HillWNW 289°321 m19.8 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 solstice08:0116:2117:06

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle342 obs
  • American Robin275 obs
  • Canada Goose273 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel269 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk255 obs
  • Mallard241 obs
  • Mute Swan222 obs
  • dame's rocket214 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/283124192

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