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Prairie Park

Prairie Park from directly overhead

Prairie Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pittsfield Preserve: South East, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 23 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.19704, -83.70171
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bridgefield Green: 0.9 mi
  • Marsh View Meadows: 1.0 mi
  • Wall Park: 1.2 mi
  • Meadowview Park (Private): 1.5 mi
  • Hickory Woods Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
  • Dash: 1.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Painted Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 5.2 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 5.3 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 2.8 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 2.8 mi
  • Decode: 3.3 mi
  • Jewel Heart: 3.5 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 50
Gardens: 35
Picnic sites: 34
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 7.4 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Museums: 33
Peaks: 13
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.2 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Maple Beach: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 347°405 m24.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 347°399 m24.3 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 299°344 m22.1 mi
Big KameWNW 302°328 m23.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 296°327 m23.0 mi
Stofer HillWNW 303°321 m22.1 mi
Prospect HillNW 310°318 m23.1 mi
Riley HillWNW 301°317 m21.8 mi
Conditions

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–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242535475866716961503929
Precip in1.71.51.93.03.43.63.22.72.82.22.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • partridge pea46 obs
  • purple loosestrife38 obs
  • wild carrot33 obs
  • New England aster31 obs
  • wild geranium26 obs
  • common buckthorn26 obs
  • foxglove beardtongue25 obs
  • chicory24 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/556105066

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