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Pilgrim Park

Pilgrim Park from directly overhead

Pilgrim Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Redwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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City of Ann Arbor

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23809, -83.70110

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Decode: 0.5 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 2.7 mi
  • Palmer House: 2.9 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 3.0 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • Gallup Park Frog: 2.6 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 2.7 mi
  • The Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Dash: 2.8 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 52
Gardens: 37
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.7 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.4 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 345°405 m21.4 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 345°399 m21.5 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 292°344 m21.0 mi
Big KameWNW 295°328 m21.8 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 289°327 m21.9 mi
Stofer HillWNW 297°321 m20.7 mi
Prospect HillNW 304°318 m21.4 mi
Riley HillWNW 295°317 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:15
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465868727062513929
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.84.23.93.33.02.92.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, under a mile away.

  • common buckthorn193 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle143 obs
  • ground-ivy124 obs
  • chicory118 obs
  • box elder90 obs
  • ribwort plantain89 obs
  • American Toad85 obs
  • white clover84 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/458672982

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