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Recreation Park

Recreation Park from directly overhead

Recreation Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Edith Hefley Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 23 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.23986, -83.62869
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edith Hefley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Carrie Mattingly Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Parkridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Library Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Garden and Statue of St. Mary: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Harriet Tubman: 0.7 mi
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 2.3 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 4.2 mi
  • Face Of Infinity: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 3.5 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.5 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.5 mi
  • Palmer House: 5.2 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 6.3 mi
Museums: 43
Gardens: 43
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 4.5 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Washago Pond Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Prospect Hill: 16.8 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 18.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 19.1 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.2 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 22.5 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.1 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 336°405 m22.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 336°399 m22.7 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 289°344 m24.4 mi
Stofer HillWNW 292°321 m24.0 mi
Prospect HillWNW 299°318 m24.5 mi
Riley HillWNW 291°317 m23.9 mi
Peach MountainNW 307°313 m18.9 mi
Kame HillWNW 293°310 m24.1 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–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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain148 obs
  • Mallard105 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel90 obs
  • Canada Goose81 obs
  • Mute Swan80 obs
  • common motherwort73 obs
  • ground-ivy71 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle71 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/114542727

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