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Manly Bennett Memorial Park

Manly Bennett Memorial Park from directly overhead

Manly Bennett Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Day and Night, a artwork 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 137 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.45219, -83.82827
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Big Pine Open Area: 3.3 mi
  • Mountain Bike Skills Area: 3.6 mi
  • Tornado Alley: 4.1 mi
  • Old Sawmill: 5.3 mi
  • The: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 42
Gardens: 38
Museums: 32
Picnic sites: 30
  • Hippo Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Placeway Bridge Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 6.0 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 6.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 6.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Maple Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Waldenwoods Beach: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 7.8 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 12.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 9°405 m6.0 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 10°399 m6.2 mi
Mount KanzerNE 45°351 m16.5 mi
Mount OmichNE 45°347 m17.4 mi
Cassidy KameWSW 242°344 m14.7 mi
Sackrider HillWSW 242°338 m22.0 mi
Teeple HillNE 48°336 m18.7 mi
Peak 1083NE 48°330 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
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
  • Mallard161 obs
  • Sandhill Crane87 obs
  • Canada Goose63 obs
  • Mute Swan52 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee33 obs
  • buttonbush31 obs
  • Blue-spotted Salamander28 obs
  • common milkweed24 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/814641298

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