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Prospect Park

Prospect Park from directly overhead

Prospect Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 23 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1891
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ypsilanti
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.24691, -83.60162
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 0.8 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 3.1 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 4.7 mi
  • Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Pirate Ship: 4.5 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 4.5 mi
  • Decode: 4.9 mi
  • Palmer House: 6.2 mi
  • Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill: 6.8 mi
Museums: 45
Gardens: 43
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Maple Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Heights Annex Beach: 21.6 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Prospect Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 19.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.6 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.9 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 332°405 m22.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 333°399 m22.8 mi
Peach MountainWNW 303°313 m19.7 mi
Halsted HillNNE 27°297 m20.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 289°287 m17.9 mi
Mt TomNE 39°257 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain148 obs
  • Mallard100 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel86 obs
  • Mute Swan82 obs
  • Canada Goose79 obs
  • common motherwort79 obs
  • American pokeweed77 obs
  • ground-ivy71 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/114542329

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