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Lakeside Park

Lakeside Park from directly overhead

Lakeside Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is South Hydro Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 19 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Ypsilanti Township

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20428, -83.56181

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 3.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 6.4 mi
  • Dash: 8.2 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 8.3 mi
Attractions
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 4.5 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 7.2 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 7.2 mi
  • Decode: 7.5 mi
Museums: 48
Gardens: 43
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 10.0 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Martindale Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.8 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Belleville Rest Area: 2.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.1 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 15.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 23.2 mi
  • Monroe Welcome Center 823: 24.8 mi
Peaks: 4
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peach MountainNW 307°313 m23.1 mi
Halsted HillNNE 19°297 m22.0 mi
Prospect HillWNW 295°287 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:2017:06

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.

  • Mute Swan17 obs
  • staghorn sumac16 obs
  • fragrant sumac11 obs
  • eastern poison ivy10 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper10 obs
  • common milkweed9 obs
  • great mullein9 obs
  • Virginian Tiger Moth9 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/379488853

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