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Buhr Park

Buhr Park from directly overhead

Buhr Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobblestone Farm, a museum 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
255 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24763, -83.71041

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Decode: 0.7 mi
  • Palmer House: 2.2 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 2.3 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.3 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • Gallup Park Frog: 2.0 mi
  • The Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 2.1 mi
  • The Lady of the Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Beal Books: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 50
Gardens: 36
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.3 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 8
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 7.7 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 346°405 m20.6 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 346°399 m20.8 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 291°344 m20.3 mi
Big KameWNW 294°328 m21.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 288°327 m21.3 mi
Stofer HillWNW 296°321 m20.0 mi
Prospect HillWNW 303°318 m20.6 mi
Riley HillWNW 293°317 m19.8 mi

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 °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, 1 mi away.

  • common buckthorn220 obs
  • ground-ivy202 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle180 obs
  • white clover149 obs
  • ribwort plantain146 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel129 obs
  • Black Medick124 obs
  • chicory119 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44809413

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