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Toll Gate Monument

Toll Gate Monument from directly overhead

Toll Gate Monument is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Green, a park 0.4 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 8.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Site of Toll Gate on Detroit Chicago Military Highway, Dearborn 1864 The Ten Eyck Tavern Dr. Samuel Pierce Duffield The City of Dearborn's Historical Commission 1971

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31003, -83.22062

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Green: 0.4 mi
  • Henry Ford Academy & Windmill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edison's Menlo Park: 0.4 mi
  • Liberty Craft Works: 0.6 mi
  • Firestone Farm Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 0.5 mi
  • James Howard Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Sorenson House: 2.8 mi
  • Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • D-69 Nike Missile IFC Area (former): 3.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 1.0 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 2.8 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 6.4 mi
  • Geodesic Dome House: 7.3 mi
  • The Yard - Graffiti Museum: 7.9 mi
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Cadillac Urban Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 18
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 11.9 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 12.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Belle Isle Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 18.2 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 18.3 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 15.3 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNW 323°297 m16.9 mi
Mt TomNNW 345°257 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5720:3121:14
September equinox07:2118:5519:32
December solstice07:5916:1917:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969737164524031
Precip in2.52.32.33.33.63.33.53.23.02.92.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10042874486

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