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Hudson Mills Metropolitan Park

Hudson Mills Metropolitan Park from directly overhead

Hudson Mills Metropolitan Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pineview Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 143 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36288, -83.89886

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Creek Park North: 1.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Park: 1.8 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.8 mi
  • Horseshoe Park: 2.1 mi
  • Peace Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Kayak Beach: 2.4 mi
  • The: 2.7 mi
  • Old Sawmill: 3.1 mi
  • Title IX Plaza: 3.4 mi
  • Old Car: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 32
Picnic sites: 28
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 9.9 mi
Museums: 27
Peaks: 17
Beaches: 10
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 7.7 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 17.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNE 21°405 m12.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNE 21°399 m13.1 mi
Mount KanzerNE 41°351 m23.5 mi
Mount OmichNE 41°347 m24.4 mi
Cassidy KameW 265°344 m9.4 mi
Sackrider HillWSW 255°338 m16.4 mi
Big KameW 274°328 m9.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillW 262°327 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice06:0020:3421:17
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0216:2117:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 6 mi away.

  • common milkweed37 obs
  • Sandhill Crane32 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle31 obs
  • purple loosestrife29 obs
  • American pokeweed28 obs
  • Common Watersnake26 obs
  • common jewelweed23 obs
  • cardinal flower23 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/383365322

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