Meridian-Baseline State Park

Meridian-Baseline State Park
Location within the state of Michigan
Location	Ingham County, Michigan and Jackson County, Michigan United States
Nearest city	Leslie, Michigan
Coordinates	42°25′26″N 84°21′49″W / 42.42393°N 84.36368°W / 42.42393; -84.36368Coordinates: 42°25′26″N 84°21′49″W / 42.42393°N 84.36368°W / 42.42393; -84.36368
Area	88 acres (36 ha)
Governing body	Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Meridian-Baseline State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan in both Ingham County and Jackson County.

This 88-acre (36 ha) landlocked area contains the intersection of the Michigan meridian and the baseline used for the Michigan Survey. The park is marked with two monuments that show where the two mismatched baselines meet the principal meridian at the North Initial Point and South Initial Point. The park is not accessible to the public,^[1] and can only be reached by a 20-minute drive across private property.^[2] It is currently being preserved for its historic value.^[1]

On October 12, 2015 the State of Michigan in conjunction with the Ingham and jackson Counties, opened access to Meridian Baseline State Park. Included in the improvements were Road signs, a parking lot, improved tail, a bridge over the creek and trail markers. In 2016 an additional boardwalk was completed in the wetlands near the markers. ^[3] ^[4]

In the 1960s and 1970s, land was acquired and money was raised toward establishing a Museum of Surveying on the site. However, in 1981, the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors instead opened a museum in Lansing, Michigan. Local residents maintain hope that the site will eventually be made accessible to the public.^[2]

References

1 2 "Meridian-Baseline State Park". Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 13, 2012. This unique, landlocked park designates the spot where all township, range and section measurements begins for the entire state of Michigan. It is not accessible to the public, but is being preserved for its historic value.
1 2 Wyatt, Ken (December 31, 2010). "Meridian-Baseline site is indeed special". Jackson Citizen Patriot. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
↑ 1815surveyingmichigan.weebly.com/
↑ http://www.mlive.com/opinion/jackson/index.ssf/2015/01/brad_flory_column_remembering.html

External links

"Michigan Meridian". Principal Meridian Project. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
"Michigan Meridian". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
Photo of the North Initial Point
Baseline-meridian plaque at the South Initial Point

Protected areas of Michigan

See also: Important Bird Areas of Michigan

National

Parks	Isle Royale Keweenaw (Historical) River Raisin (Battlefield)

Lakeshores	Pictured Rocks Sleeping Bear Dunes

Landmarks	Black Spruce Bog Natural Area Dead Stream Swamp Dukes Research Natural Area Grand Mere Lakes Haven Hill State Natural Area Newton Woods Porcupine Mountains Roscommon Virgin Pine Stand Strangmoor Bog Tobico Marsh Toumey Woods Warren Woods State Park

Forests	Hiawatha Huron-Manistee Ottawa

Wildlife Refuges	Detroit River Harbor Island Huron Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area Michigan Islands Michigan Wetland Management District Seney Shiawassee

Other	Grand Island National Recreation Area Father Marquette National Memorial Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

State

Parks	Algonac Aloha Baraga Belle Isle Bewabic Brimley Burt Lake Cambridge Junction Cheboygan Clear Lake Coldwater Lake Craig Lake Dodge #4 Duck Lake Fayette Fisherman's Island Fort Michilimackinac Fort Wilkins Grand Haven Grand Mere Harrisville Hart-Montague Trail Hartwick Pines Hayes Mill Creek P.H. Hoeft P.J. Hoffmaster Holland Indian Lake Interlochen Kal-Haven Trail Lake Gogebic Lakelands Trail Lakeport Leelanau Ludington Mackinac Island Maybury F.J. McLain Mears Meridian-Baseline Mitchell Muskallonge Lake Muskegon Negwegon Newaygo North Higgins Lake Onaway Orchard Beach Otsego Lake Palms Book Petoskey Porcupine Mountains Port Crescent Rockport Sanilac Petroglyphs Saugatuck Dunes Seven Lakes Silver Lake Sleeper Sleepy Hollow South Higgins Lake Sterling Straits Tahquamenon Falls Tawas Point Thompson's Harbor Traverse City Twin Lakes Van Buren Van Buren Trail Van Riper Warren Dunes Warren Woods Wells White Pine Trail Wilderness William G. Milliken Wilson Young

Recreation Areas	Bald Mountain Bass River Bay City Brighton Fort Custer Highland Holly Ionia Island Lake Lake Hudson Menominee River Metamora-Hadley Ortonville Pinckney Pontiac Lake Proud Lake Rifle River Waterloo Wetzel Yankee Springs

Forests	Au Sable Copper Country Escanaba River Lake Superior Mackinaw Pere Marquette

Underwater Preserves	Alger De Tour Passage Grand Traverse Bay Keweenau Manitou Passage Marquette Sanilac Shores Southwest Michigan Straits of Mackinac Thumb Area Whitefish Point

Other (inc. game areas)	Agate Falls Scenic Site Allegan State Game Area Bond Falls Scenic Site Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site Michigan Islands Wilderness Area Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center Sturgeon Point Scenic Site Wagner Falls Scenic Site

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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