Meridian Baseline Historic state park sits in the woods north of Jackson. It is the location where all of Michigan was surveyed from when the state was admitted to the union. Due to an error between two surveyors Michigan is the only state to have two basepoints. One is for the east side of the state and the other is for the west side, shown in the pic above. It is a strange story of how Michigan ended up with two points a few hundred yards apart. you can see my post about it HERE
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