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Beckley Park

Beckley Park from directly overhead

Beckley Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Longshore Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
257 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.29487, -83.73969
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Longshore Park: 0.3 mi
  • Northside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Broadway Park West: 0.4 mi
  • Broadway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Depot Plaza: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites: 46
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 35
Museums: 33
Peaks: 18
  • Prospect Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 12.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 12.2 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 17.1 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 17.3 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 4.2 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.2 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 24.1 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 348°405 m17.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 348°399 m17.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 18°351 m23.6 mi
Mount OmichNNE 19°347 m24.4 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 283°344 m17.9 mi
Sackrider HillW 271°338 m24.0 mi
Big KameWNW 287°328 m18.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillW 280°327 m19.0 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel963 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail675 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle553 obs
  • American Robin515 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk499 obs
  • white clover408 obs
  • tree-of-heaven405 obs
  • common motherwort358 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/225271886

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