The Henry Ford
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The Henry Ford is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit. The museum collection contains the presidential limousine of John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln's chair from Ford's Theatre, Thomas Edison's laboratory, the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop, the Rosa Parks bus, and many other historical exhibits. It is the largest indoor–outdoor museum complex in the United States and is visited by over 1.7 million people each year. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981 as "Edison Institute".
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Dates from 1929.
Wikidata Q3521242, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Henry Ford (foundation)
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
- 24.4 mi off the Monroe Street (M125)
Named places within 25 miles
- The Henry Ford: 0.0 mi
- Firestone Farm Park: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Craft Works: 0.2 mi
- Edison's Menlo Park: 0.4 mi
- Village Green: 0.4 mi
- Davidson Gerson Gallery of Glass: 0.3 mi
- Greenfield Village: 0.3 mi
- McFadden-Ross House: 0.4 mi
- Dearborn Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Arab American National Museum: 3.2 mi
- Thomas Alva Edison Statue: 0.4 mi
- Toll Gate Monument: 0.8 mi
- James Howard Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Sorenson House: 3.0 mi
- Melvindale Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Five Replica Homes of Great Americans: 0.6 mi
- Rouge Park cannon: 3.0 mi
- Fort Wayne: 7.0 mi
- Geodesic Dome House: 8.0 mi
- Las Tres Rocas (MTB feature): 8.2 mi
- Organic Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pardee Secret Garden: 2.2 mi
- Blumrosen Memorial Rose Garden: 5.3 mi
- Taylor Conservatory Botanical Garden: 6.3 mi
- Grandmont Rosedale Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Uniroyal Tire (World's Largest Tire): 2.6 mi
- Rusty the Dog: 2.7 mi
- Three Faces Sculpture "Growing Together": 4.6 mi
- Detroit: 4.7 mi
- March On: 4.7 mi
- Sassafras Trails Nature Center: 7.3 mi
- Holliday Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Golfview Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Sunset Park: 9.5 mi
- Hennepin Marsh Gateway: 9.6 mi
- Pierson Lake picnic site: 12.5 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 12.5 mi
- Arctic Overlook Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 12.7 mi
- Red Panda Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 13.3 mi
- Hipster Beach: 14.5 mi
- Kingswood Stream Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lone Pine Beach: 18.6 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 19.0 mi
- Mt Tom: 15.5 mi
- Halsted Hill: 16.8 mi
- Belleville Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Carleton Rest Area 826: 19.1 mi
- Rawsonville: 17.4 mi
- Quinn: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Henry Ford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | NW 326° | 297 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mt Tom | NNW 348° | 257 m | 15.5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/101385278
Day trips start here
- Carleton · 19 mi
- Maybee · 25 mi
- Monroe · 28 mi
- Monroe County · 30 mi
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