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Tefft Park

Tefft Park from directly overhead

Tefft Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Saline Rec Center Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 26 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.19554, -83.76671
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crescendo Commons: 0.2 mi
  • North Woodland Green: 0.5 mi
  • Speedtrap Field: 0.6 mi
  • Lohr Lake Commons: 0.7 mi
  • The Copse: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
  • Jewel Heart: 2.6 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 4.9 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 4.9 mi
  • Decode: 4.9 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 41
Picnic sites: 34
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 32
Museums: 32
Peaks: 14
Rest areas: 6
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 11.1 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 23.6 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Maple Beach: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 355°405 m23.7 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 355°399 m23.9 mi
Cassidy KameNW 304°344 m19.4 mi
Sackrider HillWNW 288°338 m23.8 mi
Big KameNW 307°328 m20.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 300°327 m20.1 mi
Stofer HillNW 309°321 m19.5 mi
Prospect HillNW 316°318 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice06:0020:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:07

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • Peregrine Falcon14 obs
  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • Wild Turkey12 obs
  • wild teasel12 obs
  • purple loosestrife12 obs
  • common milkweed11 obs
  • Swallow-tailed Kite10 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/547359889

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