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Harris Park

Harris Park from directly overhead

Harris Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24375, -83.58268

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 4.0 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 5.5 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 4.9 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 5.0 mi
  • Decode: 5.8 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 6.3 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 6.4 mi
Museums: 48
Gardens: 43
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 5.7 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Martindale Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 21.6 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Prospect Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 20.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 20.9 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.1 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 330°405 m23.3 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 331°399 m23.5 mi
Peach MountainWNW 302°313 m20.6 mi
Halsted HillNNE 25°297 m19.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 289°287 m18.9 mi
Mt TomNE 37°257 m24.2 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 solstice08:0116:2017:06

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.

  • ribwort plantain105 obs
  • Mallard87 obs
  • Mute Swan81 obs
  • Greylag Goose57 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • common motherwort52 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel49 obs
  • ground-ivy48 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/156060575

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