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Bennett Field

Bennett Field from directly overhead

Bennett Field is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Don Miller Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 127 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.60348, -83.93406

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Don Miller Park: 0.3 mi
  • Argyle Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Howell Carnegie District Library Commons: 0.4 mi
  • Howell Clerks Commons: 0.4 mi
  • Howell Historic Depot: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Mountain Bike Skills Area: 8.5 mi
  • Big Pine Open Area: 8.5 mi
  • Tornado Alley: 8.8 mi
  • MTB Jump: 10.0 mi
  • MTB Jump: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 47
Picnic sites: 28
  • Hippo Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Huron River Site: 13.5 mi
  • West Boat Launch Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Island Road Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 7.8 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 7.8 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 13.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 14.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • 9/11 Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Old Homestead: 12.7 mi
  • Linden Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Clover Beach: 15.8 mi
Museums: 15
  • Howell Area Historical Society: 0.5 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 17.0 mi
  • A. J. Phillips Museum, Fenton Historical Society: 17.5 mi
  • Witch's Hat Depot Museum: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 11
Rest areas: 7
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 1.2 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 19.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.6 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)SE 126°405 m7.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)SE 124°399 m7.8 mi
Mount KanzerE 86°351 m17.2 mi
Mount OmichE 84°347 m17.8 mi
Cassidy KameSSW 203°344 m19.0 mi
Mount HollyNE 50°340 m24.2 mi
Teeple HillE 84°336 m19.5 mi
Peak 1083E 84°330 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice05:5920:3521:18
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0316:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465767716962503929
Precip in2.11.62.02.93.63.73.03.63.12.92.42.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Howell Wwtp, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian Lady Beetle29 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
  • House Sparrow24 obs
  • Elegant Grass-veneer22 obs
  • Mute Swan21 obs
  • Nosy Pill Woodlouse20 obs
  • Western Honey Bee19 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug19 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/543832607

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