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Kerby Field

Kerby Field from directly overhead

Kerby Field is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweeney Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41510, -82.90899

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Museums: 59
Nature reserves: 52
Gardens: 51
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 1.5 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 13.1 mi
  • Main picnic site: 13.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 13.1 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mt Tom: 21.2 mi
  • Mt. Sheldon: 23.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fibber MountainNNW 334°302 m23.7 mi
Mt. SheldonNNW 334°290 m23.6 mi
Mt TomWNW 291°257 m21.2 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 solstice07:5816:1717:02

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, 1 mi away.

  • American Robin21 obs
  • Canada Goose20 obs
  • Black Swallowtail18 obs
  • Monarch17 obs
  • Western Honey Bee14 obs
  • Mourning Dove10 obs
  • Reddish-brown Stag Beetle10 obs
  • American pokeweed9 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/562334707

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