Skip to content
Byway
Park · Michigan

Fairway Hills Park

Fairway Hills Park from directly overhead

Fairway Hills Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Clubview Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 23 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.23419, -83.64773
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 60
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.2 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.8 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 2.6 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.0 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.0 mi
  • Palmer House: 4.6 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 43
Museums: 41
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 4.6 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 5.4 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Prospect Hill: 16.1 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 18.3 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 22.0 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.5 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.8 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 339°405 m22.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 339°399 m22.6 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 290°344 m23.6 mi
Big KameWNW 293°328 m24.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 288°327 m24.6 mi
Stofer HillWNW 294°321 m23.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 301°318 m23.8 mi
Riley HillWNW 292°317 m23.1 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain114 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel74 obs
  • creeping thistle50 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade49 obs
  • ground-ivy48 obs
  • Canada Goose43 obs
  • white clover43 obs
  • common motherwort41 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/546967491

More parks in Michigan

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Fairway Hills Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens