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Wheeler Park

Wheeler Park from directly overhead

Wheeler Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Depot Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 29 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.28773, -83.74536
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Depot Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • North Main Park: 0.1 mi
  • Broadway Park West: 0.1 mi
  • Broadway Park: 0.3 mi
  • Longshore Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Nickels Arcade: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Point: 1.2 mi
  • Northeast Tower (Tisch): 1.5 mi
  • Northwest Tower (Ross): 1.5 mi
  • Southeast Tower: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 45
Picnic sites: 36
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.3 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
Museums: 33
Gardens: 33
Peaks: 18
Beaches: 10
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 4.7 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Grass Lake Rest Area: 24.0 mi
  • Howell Rest Area 812: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)N 349°405 m17.5 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)N 350°399 m17.7 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 18°351 m24.2 mi
Mount OmichNNE 19°347 m25.0 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 284°344 m17.7 mi
Sackrider HillW 273°338 m23.7 mi
Big KameWNW 289°328 m18.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillWNW 281°327 m18.8 mi
Conditions

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–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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,017 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail722 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle549 obs
  • American Robin535 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk477 obs
  • white clover473 obs
  • tree-of-heaven416 obs
  • ground-ivy408 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/218801807

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