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Colony Park

Colony Park from directly overhead

Colony Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Meadows Playspace, a park 0.5 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.17984, -83.78928
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodland Meadows Playspace: 0.5 mi
  • Woodcreek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Woodland Meadows Community Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Old-Fashioned Schoolyard: 0.6 mi
  • Depot Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Jewel Heart: 4.0 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 6.2 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 6.3 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 6.3 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 39
Gardens: 32
Museums: 31
Picnic sites: 21
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 14
Rest areas: 7
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 12.3 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Trestle Park Comfort Station: 22.8 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 358°405 m24.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 358°399 m24.9 mi
Cassidy KameNW 309°344 m19.1 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 292°338 m23.1 mi
Big KameNW 311°328 m20.2 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 304°327 m19.7 mi
Stofer HillNW 314°321 m19.3 mi
Prospect HillNW 320°318 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1119:47
June solstice06:0020:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475868727062503929
Precip in2.42.02.43.23.73.53.43.33.02.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saline Wwtp, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch14 obs
  • dame's rocket13 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit13 obs
  • rue anemone13 obs
  • Roseate Spoonbill12 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom11 obs
  • box elder10 obs
  • American pokeweed10 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/613160998

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