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Appleridge Park

Appleridge Park from directly overhead

Appleridge Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bud & Blossom Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
222 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Charter Township of Ypsilanti

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.26005, -83.55957
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bud & Blossom Park: 0.1 mi
  • Harvest Moon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Community Center Park: 0.7 mi
  • Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Flying Pilgrims RC club: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 3.2 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 4.9 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 4.9 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 5.9 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 5.9 mi
Attractions
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 4.8 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 4.8 mi
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 5.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 6.6 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 6.6 mi
Museums: 50
Gardens: 49
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.3 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Martindale Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.0 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 20.2 mi
Peaks: 9
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 3.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.3 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 326°405 m23.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 327°399 m23.1 mi
Mount KanzerN 356°351 m24.9 mi
Peach MountainWNW 298°313 m21.1 mi
Mont BeauN 355°311 m24.2 mi
Halsted HillNNE 23°297 m18.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 285°287 m19.7 mi
Mt TomNE 36°257 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed12 obs
  • Black Swallowtail11 obs
  • common buckthorn10 obs
  • Japanese Beetle10 obs
  • common hibiscus9 obs
  • common milkweed8 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 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/530781054

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