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Country Homes Park

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Country Homes Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Levan Knoll Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
203 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36322, -83.39237

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Levan Knoll Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Linden Woods Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sumac Pointe Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Shelden Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 0.7 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 0.8 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 0.9 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 4.4 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 5.2 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • City Park: 1.2 mi
  • Holliday Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Madonna Park: 1.8 mi
  • Harry Tatigian Park & Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 5.3 mi
Artworks
  • Hello: 4.1 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 4.2 mi
  • Triangle Stack: 4.2 mi
  • Land and Sea: 4.2 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 4.4 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 14.2 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 14.2 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 14.2 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 13.9 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Halsted Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Mt Tom: 12.1 mi
  • Mont Beau: 20.0 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Peak 1083: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 18.2 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 300°405 m24.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 300°399 m24.4 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 17°388 m24.7 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 330°351 m20.6 mi
Mount OmichNNW 332°347 m20.9 mi
Mount JudahN 11°345 m24.5 mi
Waterford HillN 358°342 m24.1 mi
Teeple HillNNW 336°336 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 7 mi away.

  • Mallard32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer25 obs
  • Canada Goose20 obs
  • mayapple20 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage19 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle19 obs
  • lesser periwinkle18 obs
  • yellow trout lily17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/325976695

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