Dexter Huron Metropolitan Park
Dexter Huron Metropolitan Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kayak Beach, a attraction 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 145 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 145.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kayak Beach: 0.1 mi
- Title IX Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Spectator Point: 1.5 mi
- Kayak Log Pile: 1.8 mi
- Delhi Rapids: 2.9 mi
- Huron Farms Park: 0.3 mi
- Dexter Community Park: 0.4 mi
- Horseshoe Park: 0.5 mi
- Peace Park: 0.7 mi
- Dexter Crossing Community Space: 0.8 mi
- Van Curler Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Burns-Stokes Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Douglas David Marshall Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Miller-Smith Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Douglas David Marshall Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Canoe Tulip: 6.6 mi
- The Kerrytown Arch: 7.1 mi
- Untitled: 7.3 mi
- Book of Knowledge: 7.5 mi
- The Cube: 7.6 mi
- Delhi Bridge Commemorative Plaque: 3.0 mi
- Ann Arbor, Michigan Global Position: 7.3 mi
- Michigan's First Jewish Cemetery Site: 7.6 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Michigan League: 7.6 mi
- Dicken Elementary PLANT Garden: 6.7 mi
- Food Gatherers: 7.3 mi
- Community Food Forest at Leslie Park: 7.4 mi
- Project Grow Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Community Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Dexter Area Museum: 0.6 mi
- Argus Museum: 7.0 mi
- Museum On Main: 7.0 mi
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum: 7.2 mi
- Kempf House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- River Grove Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.3 mi
- Peach Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 5.6 mi
- Riley Hill: 10.3 mi
- Stofer Hill: 10.3 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 13.4 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 14.1 mi
- Martindale Beach: 17.7 mi
- Maple Beach: 18.0 mi
- Waldenwoods Beach: 22.3 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 6.2 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Howell Rest Area 812: 19.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Rawsonville: 18.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dexter Huron Metropolitan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNE 12° | 405 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNE 12° | 399 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Kanzer | NE 35° | 351 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Omich | NE 35° | 347 m | 25.0 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | W 276° | 344 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sackrider Hill | W 263° | 338 m | 17.6 mi |
| Big Kame | WNW 283° | 328 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | W 272° | 327 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:11 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:34 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:21 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 8 mi away.
- dame's rocket61 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty51 obs
- White-tailed Deer38 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage35 obs
- round-lobed hepatica32 obs
- harbinger of spring31 obs
- mayapple30 obs
- American pokeweed29 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/448582729
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- Maybee · 29 mi
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