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Sharon Mills County Park

Sharon Mills County Park from directly overhead

Sharon Mills County Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Kelso Ridge stands 387 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nan Weston Preserve at Sharon Hollow, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 157 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.17671, -84.10173

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Washtenaw County Parks: 2.5 mi
  • Carr Park: 3.5 mi
  • Camp Liberty Michigan: 3.6 mi
  • Wurster Park: 3.6 mi
  • Chi-Bro Park: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Sky Miles: 10.9 mi
  • The Upside Down: 10.9 mi
  • The Upside Down: 11.0 mi
  • The Upside Down: 11.0 mi
  • The Upside Down: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 57
Gardens: 26
Historic sites: 24
Peaks: 17
Museums: 16
  • The Lost Railway Museum: 7.7 mi
  • The Coe House Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Waterloo Farm Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Dexter Area Museum: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Trestle Park Comfort Station: 19.1 mi
  • Sandstone Rest Area 819: 21.0 mi
  • Jackson Rest Area 820: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • River Grove Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 21.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Artesian Well: 15.9 mi
  • Cross Spring: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelso RidgeSW 227°387 m23.8 mi
Bundy HillWSW 245°381 m20.1 mi
Prospect HillSW 219°372 m12.8 mi
Hatt HillW 265°348 m15.0 mi
Cassidy KameN 5°344 m12.1 mi
Irish HillSW 217°344 m13.9 mi
Sackrider HillNNW 328°338 m10.3 mi
Big KameN 3°328 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0120:3421:17
September equinox07:2418:5919:36
December solstice08:0216:2317:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232535475868717063513929
Precip in2.32.02.23.24.13.13.43.12.92.62.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester, 4 mi away.

  • dwarf ginseng76 obs
  • rue anemone63 obs
  • large white trillium59 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches53 obs
  • blue phlox51 obs
  • eastern leatherwood50 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern49 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage49 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/679375590

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