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Ford Lake Park

Ford Lake Park from directly overhead

Ford Lake Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeview Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 20 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21138, -83.57674

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 2.8 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 5.5 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 7.4 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 7.4 mi
Attractions
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.9 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.9 mi
  • Decode: 6.6 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 7.3 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 7.4 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 43
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 9.1 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Martindale Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 3.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 13.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 16.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peach MountainNW 307°313 m22.2 mi
Halsted HillNNE 22°297 m21.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 295°287 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mute Swan36 obs
  • Greylag Goose27 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • Canada Goose19 obs
  • American Coot17 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle16 obs
  • staghorn sumac16 obs
  • common milkweed15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/379488852

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