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Watertower Park

Watertower Park from directly overhead

Watertower Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Burns Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 24 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.24449, -83.65240
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sacred Heart Statue: 1.4 mi
  • Stations of the Cross: 1.5 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.9 mi
  • Canoe Fan: 3.1 mi
  • Gallup Park Frog: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Decode: 2.3 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 3.7 mi
  • Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.7 mi
  • Palmer House: 4.0 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Summit Farm Toll Gate: 1.2 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Bust of Demetrius Ypsilantis: 1.4 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Terhune Pioneer Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 43
  • Frog Island Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Cultivate Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Forest Hills Cooperative Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Gaffield Children's Garden: 3.7 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 4.7 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Prospect Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 17.7 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 17.9 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 21.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Belleville Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 9.1 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 338°405 m21.8 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 339°399 m21.9 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 289°344 m23.1 mi
Big KameWNW 292°328 m23.9 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 286°327 m24.2 mi
Stofer HillWNW 293°321 m22.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 300°318 m23.3 mi
Riley HillWNW 291°317 m22.6 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ribwort plantain100 obs
  • common buckthorn73 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel71 obs
  • creeping thistle61 obs
  • ground-ivy57 obs
  • Canada Goose51 obs
  • American pokeweed51 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade50 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/545364967

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