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Nancy Park

Nancy Park from directly overhead

Nancy Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Loonfeather Point Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 21 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22467, -83.58573

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.9 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 4.6 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 6.4 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 3.9 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.0 mi
  • Decode: 5.9 mi
  • Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 7.1 mi
  • MTB Skinny: 7.2 mi
Museums: 47
Gardens: 44
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.2 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.6 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 22.9 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Prospect Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.1 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 21.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 21.5 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 3.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 12.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 332°405 m24.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 333°399 m24.5 mi
Peach MountainNW 306°313 m21.2 mi
Halsted HillNNE 24°297 m21.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 293°287 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5719:33
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 3 mi away.

  • Mute Swan86 obs
  • Mallard72 obs
  • Greylag Goose57 obs
  • Northern Map Turtle47 obs
  • Canada Goose46 obs
  • Painted Turtle45 obs
  • Wood Duck40 obs
  • ribwort plantain39 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/156676874

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