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Virginia Park

Virginia Park from directly overhead

Virginia Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fair Glen Commons Private Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27727, -83.76769

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Winewood Thaler Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waterworks Park: 0.5 mi
  • Maryfield Wildwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fritz Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Sports Complex: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 1.2 mi
  • Southwest Tower (Levine): 1.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 1.3 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 1.3 mi
  • Nickels Arcade: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 5.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 34
Peaks: 16
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Maple Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 13.3 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 22.9 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 353°405 m18.1 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 354°399 m18.3 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 288°344 m16.8 mi
Sackrider HillW 274°338 m22.6 mi
Big KameWNW 292°328 m17.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 284°327 m17.9 mi
Stofer HillWNW 294°321 m16.5 mi
Prospect HillWNW 303°318 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3321:16
September equinox07:2318:5719:34
December solstice08:0116:2117:06

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, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel808 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail640 obs
  • white clover410 obs
  • tree-of-heaven331 obs
  • American Robin329 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle326 obs
  • ground-ivy307 obs
  • ribwort plantain280 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/394161186

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