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Ellsworth Park

Ellsworth Park from directly overhead

Ellsworth Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.23096, -83.70914
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 1.1 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 2.2 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 3.1 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.1 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 3.2 mi
Artworks
  • Dash: 2.2 mi
  • The Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 3.1 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.2 mi
  • The Lady of the Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 48
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Museums: 32
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.8 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 346°405 m21.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 347°399 m21.9 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 294°344 m20.8 mi
Big KameWNW 297°328 m21.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 291°327 m21.7 mi
Stofer HillWNW 298°321 m20.6 mi
Prospect HillNW 306°318 m21.3 mi
Riley HillWNW 296°317 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common buckthorn177 obs
  • ground-ivy121 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle119 obs
  • chicory116 obs
  • wild geranium87 obs
  • wild carrot86 obs
  • box elder81 obs
  • Mallard80 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/476748411

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