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Baxter Park

Baxter Park from directly overhead

Baxter Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenbrier Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 28 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.29862, -83.69372
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 41
  • Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bonsai and Penjing Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Gaffield Children's Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Medicinal Plant Garden: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Museums: 37
Peaks: 20
  • Prospect Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 13.8 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 14.1 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 17.5 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 17.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 4.8 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 340°405 m17.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 341°399 m17.7 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 13°351 m22.8 mi
Mount OmichNNE 14°347 m23.5 mi
Cassidy KameW 281°344 m20.1 mi
Teeple HillNNE 17°336 m24.1 mi
Peak 1083NNE 17°330 m24.2 mi
Big KameWNW 284°328 m20.7 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
  • Canada Goose301 obs
  • Mallard268 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage240 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle239 obs
  • Great Blue Heron218 obs
  • Common Garter Snake217 obs
  • White-tailed Deer216 obs
  • Mute Swan205 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/459096092

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