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North Bay Park

North Bay Park from directly overhead

North Bay Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Former Ford Water Treatment Plant, a park 0.5 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Charter Township of Ypsilanti

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.22473, -83.60803
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Former Ford Water Treatment Plant: 0.5 mi
  • Haab Brothers Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Huron River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Huron Landing Park: 0.7 mi
  • Big Island Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.2 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.7 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.7 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 5.7 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 3.1 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.1 mi
  • Decode: 4.7 mi
  • Palmer House: 6.7 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 45
Gardens: 44
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 5.9 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 7.3 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Maple Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.9 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Prospect Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 20.3 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 20.5 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.6 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.0 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 335°405 m23.9 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 335°399 m24.0 mi
Peach MountainNW 307°313 m20.3 mi
Halsted HillNNE 26°297 m21.6 mi
Prospect HillWNW 294°287 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain142 obs
  • Mallard90 obs
  • Mute Swan81 obs
  • ground-ivy62 obs
  • Greylag Goose57 obs
  • Canada Goose57 obs
  • common motherwort56 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel52 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/156080035

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