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Dearborn Historical Museum

Dearborn Historical Museum from directly overhead

Dearborn Historical Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is WDDA Pocket Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30669, -83.24383

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • WDDA Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
  • Wagner Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ford Field: 0.3 mi
  • Dearborn Peace Park West: 0.3 mi
  • Firestone Farm Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Organic Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Pardee Secret Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Brightmoor Youth Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 1.1 mi
  • Rouge Park cannon: 2.8 mi
  • Fort Wayne: 7.5 mi
  • Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 7.6 mi
  • Tree Climb Feature: 7.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Wolverine picnic site: 12.5 mi
  • Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Belle Isle Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Hipster Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 19.4 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Mt Tom: 15.2 mi
  • Halsted Hill: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Belleville Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Halsted HillNNW 327°297 m16.4 mi
Mt TomN 350°257 m15.2 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 50–80 °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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/443090447

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