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Delta Mills Schools

Delta Mills Schools from directly overhead

Delta Mills Schools is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Delta Mills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

hamlet in Eaton County, Michigan, United States

Wikidata Q122567027, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1983
Inscription
On this site in 1839, residents of Delta Township built their first school. A one-room wood frame structure, it could seat sixty-five. In 1940 the building was remodeled and a second classroom was added. Although the township district was annexed to the

How to reach it

Coordinates42.76503, -84.64736

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Sail: 3.4 mi
  • Fish Bike Rack: 4.8 mi
  • Sound Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Polaris Ring: 4.9 mi
  • "The Ledges": 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Gardens: 27
  • Formal Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 5.1 mi
Museums: 24
Attractions: 9
  • White Capitol House: 5.1 mi
  • Old Town: 5.1 mi
  • Michigan State Capitol: 5.1 mi
  • Don's Windmill: 6.4 mi
  • Michigan Millers Fire Engine: 6.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 4.1 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.6 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 11.3 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 11.3 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 3: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 17.9 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 20.3 mi
Peaks: 4
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Delta Mills Schools. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillSSE 152°320 m22.3 mi
Holibaugh HillsS 185°296 m24.3 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 31°238 m23.7 mi
The IslandN 349°216 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1419:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2719:0019:38
December solstice08:0716:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6227796281

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