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Curtis Woods Park

Curtis Woods Park from directly overhead

Curtis Woods Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Mount Kanzer stands 351 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Civitan Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.29638, -83.40118
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Civitan Park: 0.7 mi
  • Public Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cayley Park East: 1.4 mi
  • Westland Historic Village Park: 1.4 mi
  • Meadows of Canton Community Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 3.4 mi
  • Triangle Stack: 3.4 mi
  • DTW Welcome Sign: 5.3 mi
  • Boy With Plaid Scarf: 5.5 mi
  • Man With Umbrella: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • MTB Skinny: 3.6 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 3.7 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 4.3 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.3 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Marine Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 41
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Big Bend Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 18.1 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 19.6 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Halsted Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 16.5 mi
  • Mont Beau: 23.9 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 24.4 mi
  • Peak 1083: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KanzerNNW 336°351 m24.5 mi
Mount OmichNNW 338°347 m24.9 mi
Teeple HillNNW 342°336 m24.4 mi
Peak 1083NNW 342°330 m24.5 mi
Mont BeauNNW 335°311 m23.9 mi
Halsted HillN 356°297 m14.4 mi
Mt TomNNE 18°257 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:14
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 °F262837496070747265534131
Precip in2.22.12.43.33.73.33.53.33.22.52.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Metro AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee298 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee245 obs
  • Monarch214 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee124 obs
  • Western Honey Bee86 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee69 obs
  • Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee60 obs
  • Ligated Furrow Bee56 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/395064218

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