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Huron Meadows Metropark

Huron Meadows Metropark from directly overhead

Huron Meadows Metropark is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Placeway Bridge Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 27 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.47881, -83.77054
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Tornado Alley: 3.2 mi
  • Mountain Bike Skills Area: 3.8 mi
  • Big Pine Open Area: 4.0 mi
  • Old Sawmill: 8.8 mi
  • The: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 52
Gardens: 39
Museums: 32
  • Witch's Hat Depot Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 11.7 mi
  • Howell Area Historical Society: 12.1 mi
  • Florence B. Dearing Museum: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Huron River Site: 4.2 mi
  • West Boat Launch Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Turtlehead Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 4.5 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 4.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 9.8 mi
  • Mont Beau: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Maple Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.6 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 12.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 334°405 m4.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 336°399 m4.6 mi
Mount KanzerNE 42°351 m13.2 mi
Mount OmichNE 42°347 m14.0 mi
Cassidy KameWSW 241°344 m18.1 mi
Waterford HillNE 49°342 m24.3 mi
Teeple HillNE 46°336 m15.3 mi
Peak 1083NE 46°330 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3421:17
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0216:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222434455766706962503828
Precip in2.42.12.43.03.63.73.43.33.12.82.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitmore Lake 1NW, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sandhill Crane27 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage13 obs
  • eastern redcedar13 obs
  • Mycena sp. 'IN10'13 obs
  • Bluegill12 obs
  • Canadian lousewort12 obs
  • Common Garter Snake11 obs
  • Six-spotted Fishing Spider10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/448929849

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