Delta Mills
Delta Mills is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Delta Mills Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Park in Eaton County, Michigan, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34866158, matched on coordinates and name (149 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Erastus S. Ingersoll settled here in 1836 and constructed a water-powered sawmill. A gristmill was added, and in 1840 a resident wrote that people came from twenty miles around to have their flour made. A school modeled after Oberlin College was chartere
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Delta Mills Park: 0.1 mi
- Hunters Orchard Park: 0.5 mi
- Hawk Meadow Park: 1.2 mi
- Sharp Park: 1.4 mi
- Yosemite Dr. Park: 1.5 mi
- Sail: 3.0 mi
- Fish Bike Rack: 4.5 mi
- Sound Garden: 4.5 mi
- "The Ledges": 4.6 mi
- "All Things": 4.7 mi
- Capital City Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Richard A. Padgett Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Windsor Township State Game Area: 5.8 mi
- Fenner Nature Center: 7.6 mi
- Red Cedar Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Delta Mills Schools: 0.5 mi
- Delta Township / Delta Charter Township: 1.3 mi
- Delta Center Methodist Church: 2.3 mi
- Michigan's Capital: 4.2 mi
- Bell: 4.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 4.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
- Perennial Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 4.9 mi
- Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Michigan History Museum: 4.9 mi
- Turner-Dodge House: 5.1 mi
- Impression 5 Science Center: 5.6 mi
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: 5.6 mi
- African World Museum and Resource Center: 6.9 mi
- White Capitol House: 5.1 mi
- Michigan State Capitol: 5.2 mi
- Old Town: 5.3 mi
- Don's Windmill: 6.0 mi
- Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area 6: 4.2 mi
- Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 4.2 mi
- Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.1 mi
- Holt Rest Area 810: 11.3 mi
- DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.8 mi
- Portland Rest Area 531: 12.0 mi
- Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.8 mi
- Bitcoin Beach North: 18.4 mi
- Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 20.7 mi
- Teaspoon Hill: 22.1 mi
- The Island: 23.2 mi
- Holibaugh Hills: 23.8 mi
- Bradshaw Hill: 24.2 mi
- Grand Ledge cliff: 5.1 mi
- Baldwin Park artesian well: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Delta Mills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaspoon Hill | SSE 151° | 320 m | 22.1 mi |
| Holibaugh Hills | S 184° | 296 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bradshaw Hill | NNE 31° | 238 m | 24.2 mi |
| The Island | N 350° | 216 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5812601703
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