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Coleman Park

Coleman Park from directly overhead

Coleman Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Placeway Bridge Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 24 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.47588, -83.71918
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Tornado Alley: 5.5 mi
  • Mountain Bike Skills Area: 6.3 mi
  • Big Pine Open Area: 6.6 mi
  • Chair: 8.0 mi
  • Bear Statue: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 45
Museums: 37
  • Witch's Hat Depot Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 10.0 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Mill Race Historic Village: 12.5 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Huron River Site: 2.6 mi
  • West Boat Launch Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Turtlehead Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 6.2 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 6.3 mi
  • Mont Beau: 11.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Sherwood Capri: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.5 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 15.1 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NW 313°405 m6.2 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NW 315°399 m6.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 32°351 m11.8 mi
Mount OmichNNE 33°347 m12.6 mi
Cassidy KameWSW 245°344 m20.4 mi
Waterford HillNE 44°342 m22.6 mi
Teeple HillNE 38°336 m13.7 mi
Peak 1083NE 38°330 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5820:3421:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0216:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222434455766706962503828
Precip in2.42.12.43.03.63.73.43.33.12.82.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitmore Lake 1NW, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Checkered White19 obs
  • Northern Sunfish11 obs
  • Variable Dancer10 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica9 obs
  • eastern redcedar8 obs
  • Elfin Skimmer8 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • butterfly milkweed7 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/793184519

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