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Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum from directly overhead

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum is an attraction in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Fibber Mountain stands 302 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Formal Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45590, -82.87178

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 55
  • Cook Schoolhouse: 2.5 mi
  • Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
  • The Baumgartner House Museum And Fraser Depot Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery: 8.6 mi
  • Pewabic Pottery exhibitions: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 49
Nature reserves: 39
Beaches: 10
  • Accretion Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 3.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Belle Isle Beach: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 14.4 mi
  • Main picnic site: 14.4 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 14.4 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mt. Sheldon: 22.1 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 22.2 mi
  • Mt Tom: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fibber MountainNNW 327°302 m22.2 mi
Mt. SheldonNW 326°290 m22.1 mi
Mt TomWNW 282°257 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3021:13
September equinox07:1918:5419:31
December solstice07:5816:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465768727163514030
Precip in2.12.22.63.43.93.63.43.53.32.82.82.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grosse Pointe Farms, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/562254386

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