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Ford Field

Ford Field from directly overhead

Ford Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Stymelski Veteran's Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
203 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.38804, -83.37631
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stymelski Veteran's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hull School (razed): 0.5 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.6 mi
  • Larry Nehasil Park: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fallen Heroes Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 3.8 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Madonna Park: 1.1 mi
  • Harry Tatigian Park & Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Golfview Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Rotary Park Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Harry Tatigian Park & Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Tree Climb Feature: 2.2 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 2.2 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 2.2 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 3.8 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.6 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 12.6 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 12.8 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Halsted Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Mt Tom: 10.2 mi
  • Mont Beau: 19.1 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Peak 1083: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 295°405 m24.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 296°399 m24.4 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNNE 17°388 m22.8 mi
Pine KnobN 1°367 m24.6 mi
Mount KanzerNW 325°351 m19.6 mi
Bald MountainNNE 19°351 m23.4 mi
Mount OmichNNW 328°347 m19.8 mi
Mount JudahN 10°345 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:1917:04

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black Swallowtail31 obs
  • White-tailed Deer29 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel16 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle15 obs
  • Wild Turkey14 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/238135167

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