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Tomales Point on Point Reyes Peninsula. Tomales Point is the North-Western tip of Point Reyes Peninsula. Bodega Bay is to the North, Tomales Bay is to the East, and the Pacific Ocean is to the West. The point is accessible only via a 9.5 mile hike (out and back) along Tomales Point Trail. The region is home to a tule elk population. [1]
Huron-Clinton Metropark Logo. The Huron–Clinton Metroparks system is a regional park system in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.The park system includes 13 parks totaling more than 24,000 acres (97 km 2) arranged along the Huron River and Clinton River forming a partial ring around the metro area.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Leading multi-day events throughout Metro Detroit draw crowds of hundreds of thousands to over three million people. [7] [8] More than fifteen million people cross the highly traveled nexus of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel annually. [9] Detroit is at the center of an emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis.
Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States.Locally, "downtown" tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north, I-375 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.
West of Metro Detroit, US 12 continues west through Michigan, then through Chicago and west across the United States to its end in Washington state. M-5 (Grand River Avenue)—runs directly northwest from downtown Detroit through the city's west side to Farmington, where it turns west, assuming the position of 10 Mile. Turns northwest again at ...
The downtown area features high-rise residential living along with a number of parks including those linked by a promenade along the International Riverfront. Downtown Detroit was named among the best big city neighborhoods in which to retire by CNN Money Magazine editors. [2] The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus.
The park consists several miles of bike trails, numerous nature trails, horse trails, a canoe and kayak launch, and a Nature Center. It is directly connected to Willow and Lower Huron Metroparks, as well as Huroc Park through a branch of the Downriver Linked Greenways. [1] Nature Center nature trail Map of all trails within Oakwoods Metropark.