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Clinton Park

Clinton Park from directly overhead

Clinton Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookside Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.23979, -83.72059
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brookside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mill Creek Park: 0.3 mi
  • Stone School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Arbor Oaks Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rose Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 1.3 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 1.7 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 2.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 2.3 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • The Rock: 2.3 mi
  • The Lady of the Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Beal Books: 2.6 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 2.6 mi
  • Daedalus: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 47
Gardens: 36
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Museums: 28
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 348°405 m21.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 348°399 m21.2 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 293°344 m20.0 mi
Big KameWNW 296°328 m20.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 290°327 m20.9 mi
Stofer HillWNW 298°321 m19.8 mi
Prospect HillNW 305°318 m20.5 mi
Riley HillWNW 296°317 m19.6 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • common buckthorn237 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle179 obs
  • ground-ivy166 obs
  • chicory128 obs
  • ribwort plantain120 obs
  • white clover116 obs
  • Mallard108 obs
  • American Robin107 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/306771084

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