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Windemere Park

Windemere Park from directly overhead

Windemere Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South) stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Highlands Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 28 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.29018, -83.68718
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 41
  • Elizabeth R. Dean Grove & Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Gaffield Children's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Bonsai and Penjing Gardens: 1.4 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Grove: 1.4 mi
  • Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 1.5 mi
  • Pineview Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Activity Center Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Oak Meadows Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Museums: 35
Peaks: 19
  • Prospect Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Peach Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 14.7 mi
  • Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South): 18.2 mi
  • Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North): 18.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Orchard - View Colony Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Martindale Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Maple Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Pine Creek Ridge Lodge Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 5.5 mi
  • Belleville Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Chelsea Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mt. Brighton Main Peak (South)NNW 340°405 m18.2 mi
Mt. Brighton SubPeak (North)NNW 340°399 m18.3 mi
Mount KanzerNNE 11°351 m23.3 mi
Mount OmichNNE 12°347 m24.0 mi
Cassidy KameWNW 282°344 m20.6 mi
Teeple HillNNE 16°336 m24.6 mi
Peak 1083NNE 16°330 m24.6 mi
Big KameWNW 286°328 m21.2 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 °F242736485968727063513929
Precip in3.02.52.83.43.83.93.53.53.23.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ANN Arbor U OF Mich, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose276 obs
  • Mallard237 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle222 obs
  • White-tailed Deer219 obs
  • Mute Swan216 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage216 obs
  • Great Blue Heron190 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk181 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/225432211

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