Messmer Park
Messmer Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Elworthy Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Elworthy Field: 0.5 mi
- Kerby Field: 1.3 mi
- Neff Park: 1.5 mi
- Grosse Pointe Park Market: 1.6 mi
- Corrigan Playground: 1.6 mi
- Kayak Sandbar: 3.9 mi
- Rope Swing: 3.9 mi
- Ralph Wilson Gateway & Trail: 4.3 mi
- Manoogian Mansion: 4.3 mi
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum: 4.7 mi
- Gazelle: 4.1 mi
- One World . . . Under Michigan Stars: 4.3 mi
- Locally Sourced Love: 4.7 mi
- The Spirit of Nature: 4.8 mi
- Father Gabriel Richard: 5.2 mi
- James D. Standish Jr. House: 4.5 mi
- Dante: 4.9 mi
- Schiller: 4.9 mi
- Reverend Samuel Francis Smith Flagpole: 5.0 mi
- James J. Brady Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Cook Schoolhouse: 2.4 mi
- Pewabic Pottery: 3.9 mi
- Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 3.9 mi
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Dossin Great Lakes Museum: 5.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Quickstad Park: 14.6 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Chesterfield Nature Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Feedom Freedom: 2.0 mi
- Vedic Village: 2.4 mi
- MACC Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.6 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 2.0 mi
- Little Beach: 2.0 mi
- Accretion Beach: 2.1 mi
- Hipster Beach: 3.8 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 4.7 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 12.8 mi
- Main picnic site: 12.8 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 12.8 mi
- Otter picnic site: 12.8 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Mt Tom: 20.9 mi
- Mt. Sheldon: 24.3 mi
- Fibber Mountain: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Messmer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibber Mountain | NNW 337° | 302 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mt. Sheldon | NNW 337° | 290 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mt Tom | WNW 294° | 257 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:30 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:17 | 17:03 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 2 mi away.
- Monarch71 obs
- Black Swallowtail32 obs
- American Toad27 obs
- American Robin21 obs
- Eastern Cottontail17 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird14 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee14 obs
- Mourning Dove13 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/464233734
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