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Ash Carleton Park

Ash Carleton Park from directly overhead

Ash Carleton Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Sand Hill stands 189 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Joseph Waltz Memorial Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 6.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
189 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06325, -83.39516

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Coins Collection: 11.3 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 11.6 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 11.7 mi
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 12.1 mi
  • Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 47
  • MTB Skinny: 15.7 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 15.7 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 15.7 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 15.7 mi
  • Bear Statue: 15.9 mi
Museums: 43
Gardens: 39
  • Monroe Community Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Flint Woods Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Elder Creek Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 2.5 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 13.8 mi
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Luna Pier Public Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Nugent Beach (Private): 22.8 mi
  • Carland Beach: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Great Sulphur Spring: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSSW 201°189 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5920:3121:14
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice07:5916:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.21.92.53.23.93.43.33.43.42.92.52.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carleton 2W, 2 mi away.

  • American pokeweed4 obs
  • American Toad3 obs
  • American lotus3 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee3 obs
  • Zabulon Skipper3 obs
  • House Sparrow2 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk2 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/186832018

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