Destinations · Michigan
Carleton
MI · 42.0592, -83.3908
From Carleton, Michigan, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
Platted in 1872 and incorporated in 1911, this village was named after a popular Michiganite poet who went by the full name of Willian McKendree Carleton (21 October 1845 – 18 December 1912), Will Carleton for short. It's an agricultural community with an operating grain elevator that also has several small businesses and restaurants which are worth exploring and improvising.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Monroe Street (M125) · 7 mi
- Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail · 23 mi · national
- Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail · 26 mi · national
Lookouts
- Western-most point on Lake Erie · 25 mi
- Observation tower · 26 mi
- Big Hill · 26 mi
- Duck blind · 26 mi
Named places
- Carleton Rest Area 826 · 2 mi
- Flat Rock Depot & Museum · 6 mi
- Hull's Trace North Huron River Corduroy Segment · 9 mi
- Woodhaven Veterans Eternal Flame Memorial · 9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Historical Museum · 9 mi
- The Monroe County Vietnam Veterans Memorial · 9 mi
- Korean War Memorial · 9 mi
- World Wars Monument · 9 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Maybee · 7 mi
- Monroe · 10 mi
- Monroe County · 11 mi
- Toledo · 29 mi