Ford Heritage Township Park
Ford Heritage Township Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Island Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 20 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 29.0 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Island Park: 0.8 mi
- Huron River Park: 0.8 mi
- Loonfeather Point Park: 1.1 mi
- Ford Lake Park: 1.1 mi
- North Bay Park: 1.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 1.7 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 2.3 mi
- Elijah McCoy: 2.4 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 2.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 2.4 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 4.8 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 4.9 mi
- Dash: 6.4 mi
- Canoe Fan: 6.8 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 2.8 mi
- Pirate Ship: 2.8 mi
- Decode: 5.6 mi
- Palmer House: 7.7 mi
- Jewel Heart: 8.0 mi
- Searles Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area: 5.1 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 5.4 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 2.7 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 4.7 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Flint Woods Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 21.9 mi
- Martindale Beach: 22.1 mi
- Maple Beach: 22.6 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.9 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 24.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 12.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.9 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 19.1 mi
- Peach Mountain: 21.4 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 21.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 22.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 2.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ford Heritage Township Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Mountain | NW 309° | 313 m | 21.4 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 24° | 297 m | 22.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 297° | 287 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 4 mi away.
- Mute Swan91 obs
- Mallard50 obs
- Painted Turtle47 obs
- Greylag Goose45 obs
- Northern Map Turtle39 obs
- Canada Goose36 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage36 obs
- Wood Duck34 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/379241396
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 15 mi
- Maybee · 15 mi
- Monroe County · 21 mi
- Monroe · 23 mi
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