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Candy Cane Park

Candy Cane Park from directly overhead

Candy Cane Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is University Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 24 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.25072, -83.63857
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 1.4 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.4 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.4 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 43
  • Frog Island Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Cultivate Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • Gaffield Children's Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 3.5 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 3.7 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Prospect Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 18.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.2 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 20.8 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 21.6 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 336°405 m21.6 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 337°399 m21.8 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 287°344 m23.7 mi
Big KameWNW 290°328 m24.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 285°327 m24.7 mi
Stofer HillWNW 291°321 m23.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 298°318 m23.7 mi
Riley HillWNW 289°317 m23.2 mi
Conditions

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain138 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel82 obs
  • common motherwort72 obs
  • ground-ivy70 obs
  • American pokeweed67 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle65 obs
  • Canada Goose61 obs
  • common buckthorn60 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/114668518

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