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Barchester Park

Barchester Park from directly overhead

Barchester Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton Wood Hollow Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 19 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Canton Township
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.33157, -83.46500
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cotton Wood Hollow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Leeann Park: 0.3 mi
  • Windsor Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hanridge Park: 0.9 mi
  • Winter Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Triangle Stack: 0.7 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 0.7 mi
  • Hello: 6.2 mi
  • Land and Sea: 6.3 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 6.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Marine Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • City Park: 3.2 mi
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 5.1 mi
  • Madonna Park: 5.2 mi
  • Coldwater Springs Nature Area: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 3.3 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 3.4 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 3.8 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.7 mi
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 47
  • Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 13.1 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 15.0 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Maple Beach: 16.6 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Halsted Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.8 mi
  • Mont Beau: 20.4 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 21.0 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NW 309°405 m22.6 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NW 310°399 m22.6 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 341°351 m21.0 mi
Mount OmichNNW 343°347 m21.5 mi
Teeple HillNNW 348°336 m21.2 mi
Peak 1083NNW 348°330 m21.3 mi
Haven HillNNW 347°323 m22.0 mi
Peach MountainWNW 282°313 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:2017:05

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Toad19 obs
  • Monarch18 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee18 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Blue Jay15 obs
  • common milkweed15 obs
  • purple loosestrife14 obs
  • American Robin13 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/406937423

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