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Pittsview Park

Pittsview Park from directly overhead

Pittsview Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Decode, a attraction 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

Coordinates42.24482, -83.69197

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Decode: 0.3 mi
  • Palmer House: 2.6 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.2 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 3.2 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Gallup Park Frog: 2.2 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 2.2 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.3 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.4 mi
  • The Rock: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 54
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 8
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 8.2 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 344°405 m21.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 344°399 m21.2 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 290°344 m21.2 mi
Big KameWNW 294°328 m22.0 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 287°327 m22.2 mi
Stofer HillWNW 295°321 m20.9 mi
Prospect HillWNW 302°318 m21.5 mi
Riley HillWNW 293°317 m20.8 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 buckthorn197 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle141 obs
  • ground-ivy129 obs
  • chicory107 obs
  • Mallard93 obs
  • box elder93 obs
  • American Toad90 obs
  • wild geranium85 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/407478995

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