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Maybury State Park

Maybury State Park from directly overhead

Maybury State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 295 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Maybury Farm, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 18 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
295 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42792, -83.53000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Maybury Farm: 0.8 mi
  • Old Ford Factory Water Wheel: 2.7 mi
  • The North(ville) Pole: 3.5 mi
  • Terabithia Bridge: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Baseline Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Coasting the Baseline Northville Obelisk: 2.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • First Responders Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Coasting the Base Line Farmington / Farmington Hills Obelisk: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • ITC Community Sports Park: 1.2 mi
  • Freestone rock park: 1.5 mi
  • Running Trout Rock Park: 1.5 mi
  • Linear Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fish Hatchery Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Garfield Road Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Thayer's Corner Nature Area: 1.5 mi
  • Coldwater Springs Nature Area: 2.1 mi
  • Legacy Park: 4.5 mi
  • Creekshead Preserve: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • Robert's Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Bob Prost: 3.2 mi
  • Last Man Standing: 3.2 mi
  • The Purple Pitcher Plant: 5.1 mi
  • Land and Sea: 5.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites: 47
  • East Boat Launch Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • South Martindale Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • North Martindale Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Turtlehead Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Halsted Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Mont Beau: 13.0 mi
  • Mt Tom: 13.5 mi
  • Mount Kanzer: 13.7 mi
  • Teeple Hill: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 8.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Maple Beach: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 12.2 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)WNW 298°405 m16.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)WNW 299°399 m16.1 mi
Oakland Heights LandfillNE 37°388 m23.9 mi
Pine KnobNNE 21°367 m23.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNW 346°351 m13.7 mi
Bald MountainNE 38°351 m24.7 mi
Mount OmichNNW 349°347 m14.2 mi
Mount JudahNNE 31°345 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0919:46
June solstice05:5820:3321:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0116:1917:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455767717062503829
Precip in2.31.72.13.13.63.33.23.23.42.62.52.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • large white trillium73 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom58 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle58 obs
  • bloodroot53 obs
  • white baneberry51 obs
  • wild geranium47 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty47 obs
  • mayapple41 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/30479329

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