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Bel-Aire Park

Bel-Aire Park from directly overhead

Bel-Aire Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Florence Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30776, -83.32614

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • City Park: 5.7 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
  • Madonna Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
  • James Howard Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 4.7 mi
  • Sorenson House: 4.9 mi
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 5.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Organic Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 7.6 mi
  • GRDC Rain Garden: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.2 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.3 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 5.0 mi
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 5.1 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 5.2 mi
  • Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 5.5 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 5.6 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 5.7 mi
  • Coins Collection: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Lone Pine Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.3 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 21.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Halsted Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 341°297 m14.4 mi
Mt TomN 5°257 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch12 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee8 obs
  • Blue-tipped Dancer8 obs
  • eastern redbud7 obs
  • American pokeweed7 obs
  • Large Yellow Underwing7 obs
  • Red-headed Bush Cricket7 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/369357418

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