Park · Michigan
Willow Metropark
Willow Metropark is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. The nearest named place is Big Bend Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.13229, -83.36558
- 11.5 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 21.3 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 28.2 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lajko Park: 0.5 mi
- Kenneth E. Berlinn Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- Joseph Waltz Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Sibley Prairie Nature Preserve - West Prairie: 3.8 mi
- Ash Carleton Park: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Huroc Park: 4.3 mi
- Crosswinds Marsh Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Gibraltar Wetlands: 8.3 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Humbug Marsh: 9.1 mi
Museums
- Flat Rock Depot & Museum: 4.4 mi
- Romulus Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Belleville Area Museum: 8.3 mi
- Trenton Cultural Center: 8.6 mi
- Marshland Museum: 9.4 mi
Historic sites
- Woodhaven Veterans Eternal Flame Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Welcome to Taylor: 6.2 mi
- Eureka Way: 6.7 mi
- Eureka Way: 6.7 mi
- Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Site Memorial: 7.8 mi
Artworks
- Coins Collection: 6.3 mi
- Man With Umbrella: 6.6 mi
- Boy With Plaid Scarf: 6.7 mi
- DTW Welcome Sign: 7.1 mi
- Gwen Frostic Sculpture: 12.1 mi
Attractions
- MTB Skinny: 11.7 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 11.8 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 13.3 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 15.0 mi
- Pirate Ship: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 54
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 8.1 mi
- Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 11.4 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Organic Garden: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Big Bend Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Indian Ridge Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Elder Creek Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 6.2 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Monroe Welcome Center 823: 18.6 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 2
- Luna Pier Public Beach: 22.7 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rawsonville: 11.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carleton 2W, 6 mi away.
- Mute Swan12 obs
- eastern redbud9 obs
- American Rubyspot7 obs
- wild geranium6 obs
- Common Green Darner6 obs
- Wingstem6 obs
- American Robin5 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/137485928
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 5 mi
- Maybee · 12 mi
- Monroe · 15 mi
- Monroe County · 16 mi
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