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Ghesquiere Park

Ghesquiere Park from directly overhead

Ghesquiere Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Schoolhouse, a museum 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43254, -82.91106

Named places within 25 miles

Museums: 60
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 0.1 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery: 6.1 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 6.1 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Sweeney Park: 0.3 mi
  • Salter Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jules De Porre Park: 0.9 mi
  • Chene-Trombley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kerby Field: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 54
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 2.4 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 12.7 mi
  • Main picnic site: 12.7 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 12.7 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mt Tom: 20.7 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 22.5 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fibber MountainNNW 333°302 m22.6 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 333°290 m22.5 mi
Mt TomWNW 288°257 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 2 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • American Robin15 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Canada Goose11 obs
  • ground-ivy10 obs
  • Black Swallowtail9 obs
  • American pokeweed8 obs
  • spotted lady's thumb8 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/562374736

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