Peninsular Park
Peninsular Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is University Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 24 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Ypsilanti
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 28.7 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- University Park: 0.3 mi
- Candy Cane Park: 0.8 mi
- Garden and Statue of St. Mary: 0.8 mi
- Frog Island Park: 0.9 mi
- Edith Hefley Park: 1.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Bust of Demetrius Ypsilantis: 0.8 mi
- First City Hall: 1.0 mi
- Ypsilanti: 1.0 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 1.2 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 1.7 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 1.7 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 3.5 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 2.2 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 2.9 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Braun Nature Area: 3.4 mi
- Decode: 3.8 mi
- Pirate Ship: 4.7 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.7 mi
- Palmer House: 4.9 mi
- Nickels Arcade: 6.2 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 3.4 mi
- Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 3.5 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 0.9 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cobblestone Farm: 4.5 mi
- UM Research Museums Center: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.6 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.6 mi
- Peach Mountain: 18.4 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 18.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.1 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 21.6 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.3 mi
- Martindale Beach: 18.7 mi
- Maple Beach: 19.2 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.5 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 5.9 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.3 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.2 mi
- Rawsonville: 4.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peninsular Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 334° | 405 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 335° | 399 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | WNW 286° | 344 m | 24.2 mi |
| Stofer Hill | WNW 290° | 321 m | 23.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 296° | 318 m | 24.1 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 288° | 317 m | 23.7 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WNW 303° | 313 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mont Beau | N 3° | 311 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:33 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:20 | 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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 4 mi away.
- ribwort plantain146 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel82 obs
- common motherwort75 obs
- American pokeweed71 obs
- ground-ivy69 obs
- Amur honeysuckle63 obs
- Mallard59 obs
- common buckthorn56 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/114872496
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 18 mi
- Maybee · 18 mi
- Monroe County · 24 mi
- Monroe · 26 mi
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