Waterworks Park
Waterworks Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Huron Landing Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 22 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 28.5 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Huron Landing Park: 0.1 mi
- Haab Brothers Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Former Ford Water Treatment Plant: 0.5 mi
- Library Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.6 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 0.3 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 0.4 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 0.5 mi
- Elijah McCoy: 0.5 mi
- Ypsilanti: 0.6 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 0.5 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 3.1 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 3.2 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 5.1 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 3.4 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 4.0 mi
- Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area: 4.4 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Pirate Ship: 3.8 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 3.8 mi
- Decode: 4.6 mi
- Palmer House: 6.3 mi
- Jewel Heart: 7.4 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 0.6 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 0.8 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 4.8 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.3 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 19.9 mi
- Martindale Beach: 20.2 mi
- Maple Beach: 20.6 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 22.1 mi
- Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 22.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 17.9 mi
- Peach Mountain: 19.9 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 20.1 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.9 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 23.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 10.9 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 18.6 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 3.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waterworks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 334° | 405 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 334° | 399 m | 23.3 mi |
| Peach Mountain | NW 305° | 313 m | 19.9 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 27° | 297 m | 20.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 292° | 287 m | 17.9 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 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 4 mi away.
- ribwort plantain147 obs
- Mallard100 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel87 obs
- Mute Swan81 obs
- Canada Goose80 obs
- common motherwort76 obs
- ground-ivy71 obs
- American pokeweed69 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/114871874
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 17 mi
- Maybee · 17 mi
- Monroe County · 23 mi
- Monroe · 25 mi
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