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Fairground Park

Fairground Park from directly overhead

Fairground Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lion's Club Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 18 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.36730, -83.46530
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lion's Club Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kellogg Park: 0.2 mi
  • Garden Club Park: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rotary Club Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Marine Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Triangle Stack: 3.0 mi
  • Homage To Davinci And Ironwork: 3.0 mi
  • Hello: 3.9 mi
  • Land and Sea: 4.1 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 4.1 mi
Attractions
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 3.0 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 3.5 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 3.7 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 4.4 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 47
  • Picnic Grove: 11.1 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 13.8 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 12.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Maple Beach: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Halsted Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Mt Tom: 13.7 mi
  • Mont Beau: 18.1 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 18.7 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NW 304°405 m21.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NW 304°399 m21.1 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 339°351 m18.7 mi
Mount OmichNNW 341°347 m19.1 mi
Waterford HillN 7°342 m23.9 mi
Teeple HillNNW 346°336 m18.8 mi
Peak 1083NNW 347°330 m18.8 mi
Haven HillNNW 345°323 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle35 obs
  • Planthopper Parasite Moth27 obs
  • Mallard26 obs
  • Bluegill25 obs
  • Creek Chub20 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • American Toad17 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 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/311902518

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