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Pierce Park

Pierce Park from directly overhead

Pierce Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 283 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairgrounds, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 148 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
283 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.30867, -84.02036
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairgrounds: 0.5 mi
  • Palmer Commons: 0.5 mi
  • Timber Town Park: 1.0 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cavanaugh Lake County Park: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Spring Valley Trout Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Full Spectrum: 4.5 mi
  • Log Over: 4.6 mi
  • Walk the Plank: 4.6 mi
  • Pond Overlook: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 29
Picnic sites: 21
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Hippo Hill: 15.1 mi
Museums: 21
  • Dexter Area Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 9.5 mi
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 10.7 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 18
Rest areas: 6
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 1.5 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.2 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 20.7 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 24.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Artesian Well: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NE 34°405 m19.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NE 34°399 m19.3 mi
Prospect HillSSW 213°372 m22.7 mi
Hatt HillWSW 241°348 m21.8 mi
Cassidy KameNW 313°344 m4.3 mi
Irish HillSSW 212°344 m23.8 mi
Sackrider HillW 267°338 m9.7 mi
Big KameNW 322°328 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1119:48
June solstice06:0020:3421:17
September equinox07:2418:5819:35
December solstice08:0316:2217:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475968717063513929
Precip in2.42.02.23.03.83.63.43.62.73.12.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • purple pitcher plant25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • common milkweed11 obs
  • Sandhill Crane9 obs
  • box elder8 obs
  • Dragon's Mouth8 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • American Toad7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/556398433

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