Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Michigan

Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area

Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area from directly overhead

Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lillie Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.23339, -83.69314
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Decode: 0.8 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 3.0 mi
  • Palmer House: 3.3 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 3.5 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Dash: 2.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 2.9 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.9 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
Museums: 34
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Maple Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 344°405 m21.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 345°399 m22.0 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 292°344 m21.5 mi
Big KameWNW 296°328 m22.3 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 289°327 m22.4 mi
Stofer HillWNW 297°321 m21.2 mi
Prospect HillNW 304°318 m21.9 mi
Riley HillWNW 295°317 m21.0 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 buckthorn174 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle117 obs
  • ground-ivy116 obs
  • chicory108 obs
  • box elder86 obs
  • wild carrot77 obs
  • wild geranium76 obs
  • white clover75 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/458672973

More nature reserves in Michigan

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens