Park · Michigan
Marvin L. Banotai Municipal Park
Marvin L. Banotai Municipal Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. The nearest named place is Graham Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 13 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.12651, -83.52140
- 13.5 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 27.3 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 28.1 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Western-most point on Lake Erie · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Graham Park: 1.9 mi
- Village Park: 5.6 mi
- Belleville West Launch: 5.7 mi
- South Hydro Park: 5.7 mi
- Victory Park: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Crosswinds Marsh Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Searles Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Draper-Houston Meadows Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Pittsfield Preserve: South East: 10.9 mi
Historic sites
- Old Rawsonville Village Historical Marker: 6.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 8.4 mi
- Milan Veterans Wall of Honor: 8.9 mi
- Milan War Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
Artworks
- Harriet Tubman: 9.2 mi
- Coins Collection: 11.0 mi
- Man With Umbrella: 11.3 mi
- Boy With Plaid Scarf: 11.4 mi
- Dash: 11.5 mi
Museums: 46
- Belleville Area Museum: 5.9 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 7.4 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 7.8 mi
- Romulus Historical Museum: 9.2 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 42
- Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 10.5 mi
- Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 32
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 7.9 mi
- Pirate Ship: 7.9 mi
- MTB Skinny: 11.1 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 11.1 mi
- Decode: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Flint Woods Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Elder Creek Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Belleville Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 10.3 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 19.1 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 19.6 mi
- Dundee Welcome Center 822: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rawsonville: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Luna Pier Public Beach: 22.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:32 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carleton 2W, 6 mi away.
- Bold Jumping Spider5 obs
- American Toad5 obs
- American Robin4 obs
- common ragweed4 obs
- white mulberry4 obs
- Wood Frog4 obs
- staghorn sumac4 obs
- common milkweed3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/544259224
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 8 mi
- Maybee · 8 mi
- Monroe County · 14 mi
- Monroe · 16 mi
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