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Denton Park

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Denton Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Hatchery Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
244 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42655, -83.49143
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fish Hatchery Park: 0.2 mi
  • Northville's Okayest tree: 0.4 mi
  • Town Square: 0.6 mi
  • River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ford Field Park West: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Robert's Rock: 0.7 mi
  • Bob Prost: 2.7 mi
  • Last Man Standing: 2.7 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 3.1 mi
  • Land and Sea: 3.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 0.8 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 1.6 mi
  • Maybury Farm: 2.7 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 1.0 mi
  • Baseline Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Garfield Road Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Legacy Park: 2.6 mi
  • Coldwater Springs Nature Area: 2.9 mi
  • Thayer's Corner Nature Area: 3.1 mi
  • Gold Manor Park: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Turtlehead Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Mt Tom: 11.9 mi
  • Mont Beau: 13.8 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 14.4 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 8.3 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 295°405 m17.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 296°399 m17.9 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 33°388 m22.9 mi
Pine KnobNNE 16°367 m22.8 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 338°351 m14.4 mi
Bald MountainNE 34°351 m23.6 mi
Mount OmichNNW 341°347 m14.8 mi
Mount JudahNNE 26°345 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3321:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:05

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dryad's Saddle34 obs
  • bloodroot32 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty31 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom30 obs
  • large white trillium29 obs
  • wood nettle28 obs
  • mayapple27 obs
  • American Toad27 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/396383528

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