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Marshbank Park

Marshbank Park from directly overhead

Marshbank Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 291 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Southpoint Sandbar, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 5.6 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
291 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.59693, -83.39013
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Southpoint Sandbar: 0.4 mi
  • Tree Fort: 0.5 mi
  • West Point Sandbar: 0.9 mi
  • Stone Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Historic Well: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Cass Lake Community Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Laplaya Park: 1.3 mi
  • Willow Farm's Park: 1.3 mi
  • Shady Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Bloomfield Knolls Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The End of the Indian Trail: 1.5 mi
  • West Bloomfield Reeds: 4.9 mi
  • Waterford Police Statue: 5.1 mi
  • PLRA Metal Bike Sign: 5.9 mi
  • Sasquatch: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Waterford Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Waterford Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • 51st District Court Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • DAR Never Forget Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Bog Garden: 7.5 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 34
  • Rose Sortor Gazebo: 2.6 mi
  • West Shelter: 5.9 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Windfall Hill: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Aero View Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Westacres Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Cebia Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Russell Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 26
Rest areas: 3
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 11.2 mi
  • Fenton Rest Area 624: 23.9 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)W 259°405 m21.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)W 260°399 m21.6 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNE 44°388 m10.4 mi
Mount ChristieN 9°387 m20.2 mi
Grampian HillsNNE 32°375 m17.7 mi
Pine KnobN 6°367 m10.2 mi
Kerr HillN 360°367 m20.7 mi
Enders HillNNW 343°366 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5720:3321:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1817:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727163513929
Precip in1.61.11.92.73.73.22.82.93.12.62.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pontiac Oakland CO Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer40 obs
  • Spring Snowflake22 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage21 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Hickory Sticky Globe Gall Midge20 obs
  • Mute Swan19 obs
  • buttonbush18 obs
  • common motherwort17 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/241998577

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