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Rawsonville

Rawsonville from directly overhead

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

Coordinates42.21528, -83.55167

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Museums: 50
Gardens: 44
Picnic sites: 35
  • 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
Beaches: 7
  • 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
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peach MountainNW 304°313 m23.0 mi
Halsted HillNNE 19°297 m21.1 mi
Prospect HillWNW 293°287 m21.1 mi
Mt TomNNE 31°257 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1019:47
June solstice05:5920:3221:15
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice08:0016:2017:06

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506171757366544232
Precip in1.71.42.13.13.33.03.03.13.02.52.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Willow RUN AP, 2 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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