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Douglas Park

Douglas Park from directly overhead

Douglas Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Crary Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 28 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
267 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ann Arbor

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27112, -83.72684

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crary Park: 0.1 mi
  • George Washington Park: 0.1 mi
  • Postman's Rest Park: 0.2 mi
  • South University Park: 0.3 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 35
Peaks: 16
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 347°405 m18.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 348°399 m19.0 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 287°344 m18.9 mi
Sackrider HillW 275°338 m24.7 mi
Big KameWNW 291°328 m19.7 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 284°327 m20.0 mi
Stofer HillWNW 292°321 m18.5 mi
Prospect HillWNW 301°318 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465868727062513929
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.84.23.93.33.02.92.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,028 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail707 obs
  • American Robin567 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle539 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk478 obs
  • white clover454 obs
  • tree-of-heaven449 obs
  • ground-ivy405 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/410977758

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