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Meridian-Baseline State Park is a historic preservation area covering in
Efforts to acquire the site were initiated by state and private interests in the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s, land was acquired and money was raised toward establishing a Museum of Surveying on the site. Those efforts were abandoned when the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors opened a museum in
Meridian-Baseline State Park
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Meridian-Baseline State Park Map
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Meridian-Baseline State Park Topo Map
Michigan Department of Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Michigan Protected areas of Ingham County, Michigan Protected areas of Jackson County, Michigan Protected areas established in 1967 1967 establishments in Michigan IUCN Category III
Ingham County
Ingham County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 284,900. The county seat is Mason. Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, is largely located within the county. (Lansing is the only ...
and Jackson County, Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
, containing the intersection of the Michigan meridian and the baseline
A baseline is a line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
The word baseline may refer to:
* Baseline (configuration management), the process of managing change
* Baseline (sea), the starting point for delimiting a coastal state' ...
used for the Michigan Survey. The state park has two monuments that show where the two mismatched baselines meet the principal meridian
A principal meridian is a meridian used for survey control in a large region.
Canada
The Dominion Land Survey of Western Canada took its origin at the First (or Principal) Meridian, located at 97°27′28.41″ west of Greenwich, just west of Wi ...
at the North Initial Point and South Initial Point.
History
Efforts to acquire the site were initiated by state and private interests in the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s, land was acquired and money was raised toward establishing a Museum of Surveying on the site. Those efforts were abandoned when the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors opened a museum in Lansing, Michigan
Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, maki ...
, in 1981.
Although the site was landlocked for many years, in 2014, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources acquired additional property allowing public access from Meridian Road near the Jackson–Ingham county line. Improvements made at the site included trail clearing and construction of a 10-car parking lot. After road signs, trail markers, and a bridge over the creek were added, the State of Michigan in conjunction with Ingham and Jackson counties, opened the new access to the park on October 12, 2015. In 2016, an additional boardwalk was completed in the wetlands near the markers.
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Meridian-Baseline State Park
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Meridian-Baseline State Park Map
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Meridian-Baseline State Park Topo Map
Michigan Department of Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Michigan Protected areas of Ingham County, Michigan Protected areas of Jackson County, Michigan Protected areas established in 1967 1967 establishments in Michigan IUCN Category III