West Willow Park
West Willow Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarbrook Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 21 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Charter Township of Ypsilanti
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 26.9 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarbrook Park: 0.6 mi
- Lakeview Park: 1.0 mi
- Harris Park: 1.0 mi
- Nancy Park: 1.1 mi
- Loonfeather Point Park: 1.2 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 1.7 mi
- Old Rawsonville Village Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 2.0 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 2.4 mi
- Ypsilanti: 2.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 2.5 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 4.9 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 5.0 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 6.6 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 6.6 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 4.2 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 4.6 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Pirate Ship: 5.0 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 5.0 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 6.1 mi
- MTB Skinny: 6.1 mi
- Decode: 6.6 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Michigan Firehouse Museum: 2.5 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 2.8 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 3.1 mi
- Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.7 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 8.6 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Martindale Beach: 20.7 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 20.8 mi
- Maple Beach: 21.1 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.9 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 22.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 19.8 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.2 mi
- Peach Mountain: 21.6 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 21.9 mi
- Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 24.3 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 2.7 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 12.5 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 17.1 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Rawsonville: 1.5 mi
- The Bluffs: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Willow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) | NNW 330° | 405 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North) | NNW 330° | 399 m | 24.5 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WNW 303° | 313 m | 21.6 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 22° | 297 m | 20.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 290° | 287 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mt Tom | NE 34° | 257 m | 24.3 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 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:20 | 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, 2 mi away.
- common motherwort16 obs
- American pokeweed15 obs
- Monarch13 obs
- ribwort plantain12 obs
- American Robin11 obs
- Amur honeysuckle11 obs
- Mallard10 obs
- staghorn sumac10 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/530795421
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 15 mi
- Maybee · 16 mi
- Monroe County · 22 mi
- Monroe · 24 mi
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