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Marsh View Meadows

Marsh View Meadows from directly overhead

Marsh View Meadows is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dash, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 24 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19827, -83.72203

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Dash: 0.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Painted Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Untitled: 4.7 mi
  • The Rock: 5.1 mi
  • The Lady of the Garden: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Prairie Park: 1.0 mi
  • Woolley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bridgefield Green: 1.4 mi
  • Sweet Wheat Park: 1.6 mi
  • Wall Park: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Jewel Heart: 2.8 mi
  • Decode: 3.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.8 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.8 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 46
Gardens: 34
Picnic sites: 34
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 7.6 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Peaks: 13
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 349°405 m23.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 350°399 m24.0 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 300°344 m21.2 mi
Big KameWNW 303°328 m22.2 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 297°327 m22.0 mi
Stofer HillNW 305°321 m21.2 mi
Prospect HillNW 311°318 m22.2 mi
Riley HillWNW 303°317 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242535475866716961503929
Precip in1.71.51.93.03.43.63.22.72.82.22.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor Muni AP, 2 mi away.

  • purple loosestrife35 obs
  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • wild teasel24 obs
  • Sandhill Crane21 obs
  • Peregrine Falcon19 obs
  • American beech19 obs
  • American Toad17 obs
  • New England aster17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/283259955

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