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Curtiss Park

Curtiss Park from directly overhead

Curtiss Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Cassidy Kame stands 344 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Millpond Garden, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.16166, -83.78835
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Jewel Heart: 5.2 mi
  • Decode: 7.4 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 7.4 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 7.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 58
Historic sites: 37
Gardens: 32
Museums: 30
Picnic sites: 17
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 9.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Peaks: 12
Rest areas: 7
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 13.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Trestle Park Comfort Station: 21.8 mi
  • Dundee Welcome Center 822: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 24.3 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cassidy KameNW 311°344 m19.9 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 294°338 m23.6 mi
Big KameNW 314°328 m21.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillNW 307°327 m20.5 mi
Stofer HillNW 316°321 m20.2 mi
Prospect HillNW 322°318 m21.7 mi
Riley HillNW 314°317 m19.8 mi
Shanahan HillNW 317°317 m21.7 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 solstice08:0116:2217:07

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dame's rocket16 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle16 obs
  • Roseate Spoonbill15 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit13 obs
  • rue anemone13 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Virginia bluebells10 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/541203318

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