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Kiwanis Park

Kiwanis Park from directly overhead

Kiwanis Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tonquish Creek Neighborhood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 18 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
233 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37913, -83.47788
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tonquish Creek Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Troy TDM Manufacturing Soccer Fields and Exercise Paths: 0.6 mi
  • Hough Park: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Smith Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 4.2 mi
  • Baseline Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 5.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • The North(ville) Pole: 2.8 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 3.3 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 3.6 mi
  • Log Pile Pyramid: 3.8 mi
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Coldwater Springs Nature Area: 3.1 mi
  • Legacy Park: 3.3 mi
  • City Park: 3.5 mi
  • Madonna Park: 4.1 mi
  • Thayer's Corner Nature Area: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • Hello: 3.7 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 3.7 mi
  • Robert's Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Land and Sea: 3.8 mi
  • Triangle Stack: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 47
  • Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 11.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Maple Beach: 13.5 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Halsted Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 13.5 mi
  • Mont Beau: 17.1 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 17.7 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Belleville Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 13.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 303°405 m20.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 304°399 m20.1 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 340°351 m17.7 mi
Mount OmichNNW 342°347 m18.1 mi
Mount JudahNNE 21°345 m24.7 mi
Waterford HillN 8°342 m23.2 mi
Teeple HillNNW 348°336 m17.9 mi
Peak 1083NNW 348°330 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bluegill37 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • American Robin29 obs
  • Planthopper Parasite Moth27 obs
  • Creek Chub22 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle20 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/406198104

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