Rawsonville
Rawsonville is a ghost town in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Peach Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Rawsonville Village Historical Marker, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Monroe Street (M125) passes 20 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Michigan
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
- 26.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Hydro Park: 0.5 mi
- South Hydro Park: 0.7 mi
- Belleville West Launch: 0.7 mi
- Lakeview Park: 0.9 mi
- Lakeside Park: 0.9 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 3.7 mi
- Sacred Heart Statue: 6.3 mi
- Stations of the Cross: 6.4 mi
- Face Of Infinity: 8.0 mi
- Kinetic Wind Sculpture: 8.1 mi
- Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Meyer Preserve West: 5.7 mi
- Meyer Preserve East: 6.1 mi
- Jack R. Smiley Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Old Rawsonville Village Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Woodruff’s Grove: 2.9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Michigan’s Interurbans: 3.3 mi
- Godfoy’s on the Pottawatomi Trail: 3.6 mi
- Wiard's Orchards & Country Fair: 5.2 mi
- Pirate Ship: 5.2 mi
- Stick Tipi's and Lean-to's: 6.2 mi
- MTB Skinny: 6.3 mi
- Decode: 7.7 mi
- Roush Aeronautics Center: 2.3 mi
- Michigan Flight Museum: 2.8 mi
- Belleville Area Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum: 3.6 mi
- Ypsilanti Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- Cultivate Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Frog Island Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Clay Hill Community Farm and Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Gaffield Children's Garden: 8.0 mi
- Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.2 mi
- Peter S. Fuss Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Washago Pond Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Acorn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Fox Meadows Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Martindale Beach: 22.0 mi
- Orchard - View Colony Beach: 22.3 mi
- Maple Beach: 22.5 mi
- Twin Sun Lakes Common Area to Marina & Swim Area: 23.0 mi
- Nantucket / Pennylake HOA Beach: 23.2 mi
- Halsted Hill: 21.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 21.1 mi
- Peach Mountain: 23.0 mi
- Peach Mountain Peak (1040 Feet): 23.3 mi
- Mt Tom: 24.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 1.7 mi
- Northfield Church Rest Area 814: 14.0 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 15.6 mi
- Chelsea Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rawsonville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Mountain | NW 304° | 313 m | 23.0 mi |
| Halsted Hill | NNE 19° | 297 m | 21.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 293° | 287 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNE 31° | 257 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:32 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:20 | 17:06 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 14 mi
- Maybee · 15 mi
- Monroe County · 21 mi
- Monroe · 22 mi
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