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Community Center Park

Community Center Park from directly overhead

Community Center Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bud & Blossom Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.25552, -83.57120
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bud & Blossom Park: 0.6 mi
  • Appleridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Harvest Moon Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tot Lot Park: 0.9 mi
  • Community Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 2.5 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 4.4 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 5.5 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 5.4 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 5.5 mi
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 5.8 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 5.9 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 48
Museums: 48
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 7.8 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Martindale Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 20.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Halsted Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 20.7 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 21.0 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 328°405 m22.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 329°399 m23.1 mi
Peach MountainWNW 300°313 m20.7 mi
Mont BeauN 356°311 m24.5 mi
Halsted HillNNE 24°297 m18.9 mi
Prospect HillWNW 286°287 m19.2 mi
Mt TomNE 37°257 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch23 obs
  • American pokeweed19 obs
  • common buckthorn16 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel15 obs
  • Black Swallowtail15 obs
  • Japanese Beetle14 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail12 obs
  • Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle12 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/460259654

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