Toll Gate Monument
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
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 25.1 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Greenfield Village: 0.5 mi
- Davidson Gerson Gallery of Glass: 0.6 mi
- The Henry Ford: 0.8 mi
- McFadden-Ross House: 1.0 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 1.2 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 2.7 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 2.8 mi
- Detroit: 4.1 mi
- March On: 4.1 mi
- Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 4.4 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 8.0 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Sunset Park: 9.5 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 9.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- D-69 Nike Missile Launcher Site (former): 3.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mt Tom: 15.3 mi
- Halsted Hill: 16.9 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.7 mi
- Rawsonville: 18.1 mi
- Quinn: 22.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NW 323° | 297 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNW 345° | 257 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:19 | 17:04 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dearborn, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10042874486
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