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Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park from directly overhead

Bicentennial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Swift Run Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23202, -83.70234

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 0.9 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 2.6 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 3.3 mi
  • Palmer House: 3.3 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.3 mi
Artworks
  • Dash: 2.4 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 3.0 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.1 mi
  • The Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 51
Gardens: 36
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Maple Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.8 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 346°405 m21.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 346°399 m21.9 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 293°344 m21.1 mi
Big KameWNW 296°328 m21.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 290°327 m22.0 mi
Stofer HillWNW 298°321 m20.8 mi
Prospect HillNW 305°318 m21.6 mi
Riley HillWNW 296°317 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
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 °F242635465868727062513929
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.84.23.93.33.02.92.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, under a mile away.

  • common buckthorn184 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle129 obs
  • ground-ivy117 obs
  • chicory116 obs
  • wild geranium90 obs
  • wild carrot83 obs
  • box elder81 obs
  • Mallard80 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/283259914

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