Swift Run Park
Swift Run Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 25 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission and Ciry of Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Lillie Park: 0.3 mi
- Ellsworth Park: 0.4 mi
- Pilgrim Park: 0.7 mi
- Arbor Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
- Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area: 0.5 mi
- Lloyd and Mabel Johnson Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Pittsfield Preserve North: 1.5 mi
- Molin Nature Area: 1.6 mi
- Redbud Nature Area: 1.7 mi
- Decode: 1.1 mi
- Jewel Heart: 2.6 mi
- Southeast Tower: 3.5 mi
- Northeast Tower (Tisch): 3.5 mi
- Palmer House: 3.5 mi
- Terhune Pioneer Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Summit Farm Toll Gate: 3.3 mi
- Grewal Park Southwest Entry Monument: 3.8 mi
- Professors’ Monument: 3.8 mi
- Grewal Park Northwest Entry Monument: 3.8 mi
- Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 3.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.7 mi
- Edible Garden: 3.7 mi
- Community Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
- Pineview Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Cobblestone Farm: 1.2 mi
- UM Research Museums Center: 1.5 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History: 3.9 mi
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 13.8 mi
- Peach Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 16.7 mi
- Riley Hill: 20.8 mi
- Stofer Hill: 21.0 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.5 mi
- Martindale Beach: 20.9 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.9 mi
- Maple Beach: 21.3 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 24.1 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.1 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 21.9 mi
- Rawsonville: 7.7 mi
- The Bluffs: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swift Run Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 346° | 405 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 346° | 399 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cassidy Kame | WNW 294° | 344 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Kame | WNW 297° | 328 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | WNW 291° | 327 m | 22.1 mi |
| Stofer Hill | WNW 298° | 321 m | 21.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 305° | 318 m | 21.7 mi |
| Riley Hill | WNW 296° | 317 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:33 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor SE, 1 mi away.
- common buckthorn165 obs
- ground-ivy112 obs
- chicory109 obs
- Amur honeysuckle95 obs
- wild carrot78 obs
- box elder77 obs
- Mallard76 obs
- American Toad74 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/401703668
Day trips start here
- Maybee · 18 mi
- Carleton · 20 mi
- Monroe County · 24 mi
- Monroe · 27 mi
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