Fall Color Tour of Ingham County, Michigan

(southeast of Lansing)


This 80-mile color tour begins and ends in the Village of Dansville in     
southeast Ingham County.  Starting from most locations in southeast Michigan  
you will want to get to Dansville via either I-94 or I-96.                    

I-96 -- Take I-96 to exit 122, about 20 miles east of Lansing.  This is the   
M-52 exit.  Go 7.0 miles south on M-52 to M-36.  Go west 5.7 miles on M-36 to 
Dansville, the starting point of your color tour.                             

I-94 -- Go to Chelsea via I-94 to exit 159, 13 miles west of Ann Arbor.  This 
is the M-52 exit.  Go north through Chelsea and continue through northwest    
Washtenaw County and across the northeast corner of Jackson County into Ingham
County (11.7 miles from Chelsea).  Continue another 9.0 miles on M-52 to M-36.
Take M-36 west 5.7 miles to Dansville, the starting point of your color tour. 


       This tour is adapted from http://www.inghamcrc.org/falltour.htm        
             for hometown starting points in southeast Michigan.              

                          * = passing through or by                           
                           Tour length = 80 miles                             

  ---------------------------------    |   ---------------------------------  
         MARKER 1 - Dansville          |       MARKER 6 - Haslett & Green     
  ---------------------------------    |   ---------------------------------  
          == START OF TOUR ==          |    East on Haslett to Green, 1.0 mi  
        * VILLAGE OF DANSVILLE         |  North on Green to Shoesmith, 0.7 mi 
   South on Williamston/Jackson to     |  East on Shoemith to Shoeman, 1.3 mi 
            Howard, 2.0 mi             |   North on Shoeman to Gulick, 0.2 mi 
   East on Howard to Ewers, 1.0 mi     |    East on Gulick to Zimmer, 1.5 mi  
  West on Ewers to Meridian, 4.1 mi    |   North on Zimmer to Milton, 1.2 mi  
  ---------------------------------    |   East on Milton to Bentley, 1.5 mi  
     MARKER 2 - Meridian & Vaughn      |   South on Bentley to Barry, 0.5 mi  
  ---------------------------------    |   West on Barry to Lounsbury, 0.5 mi 
 South on Meridian to Vaughn, 0.1 mi   | South on Lounsbury to Haslett, 1.8 mi
   West on Vaughn to Hawley, 1.6 mi    |   West on Haslett to Barton, 0.5 mi  
 South on Hawley to Scofield, 0.9 mi   |  South on Barton to Sherwood, 2.0 mi 
  West on Scofield to Wright, 0.3 mi   |   East on Sherwood to Beeman, 0.5 mi 
  South on Wright to Covert, 0.7 mi    |   South on Beeman to Rowley, 1.5 mi  
  ---------------------------------    |    East on Rowley to Harris, 1.2 mi  
      MARKER 3 - Covert & Edgar        |   ---------------------------------  
  ---------------------------------    |       MARKER 7 - Harris & Moyer      
   West on Covert to Edgar, 5.5 mi     |   ---------------------------------  
   North on Edgar to Toles, 4.1 mi     |         * CITY OF WILLIAMSTON        
  West on Toles to Aurelius, 1.0 mi    |    North on Harris to Moyer, 1.0 mi  
North on Aurelius to Thurlby, 1.5 mi   |     East on Moyer to Dietz, 1.0 mi   
  West on Thurlby to Eifert, 1.0 mi    |    South on Dietz to Noble, 3.5 mi   
  South on Eifert to Bunker, 0.5 mi    |    East on Noble to Haskill, 1.0 mi  
  West on Bunker to Onondaga, 1.0 mi   |    South on Haskill to Holt, 1.0 mi  
North on Onondaga to Curtice, 1.0 mi   |     East on Holt to Alchin, 1.0 mi   
   West on Curtice to Gale, 1.0 mi     |    South on Alchin to Frost, 1.0 mi  
  North on Gale to Columbia, 1.0 mi    |    East on Frost to Searls, 0.7 mi   
 West on Columbia to Kingman, 0.5 mi   |   ---------------------------------  
 North on Kingman to Nichols, 1.0 mi   |       MARKER 8 - Searls & Howell     
  ---------------------------------    |   ---------------------------------  
   MARKER 4 - Nichols & Grovenburg     |   South on Searls to Howell, 2.0 mi  
  ---------------------------------    |    East on Howell to Risch, 0.4 mi   
East on Nichols to Grovenburg 0.5 mi   |   South on Risch to Columbia, 1.0 mi 
          * RIVER BEND PARK            |   West on Columbia to Searls, 0.3 mi 
North on Grovenburg to McCue, 2.0 mi   |    South on Searls to Iosco, 1.0 mi  
          * BURCHFIELD PARK            |    East on Iosco to Brogan, 0.2 mi   
   West on McCue to Waverly, 1.0 mi    |   ---------------------------------  
  ---------------------------------    |        MARKER 9 - Brogan & Swan      
      MARKER 5 - Waverly & M-99        |   ---------------------------------  
  ---------------------------------    |    South on Brogan to Swan, 4.0 mi   
   North on Waverly to M-99, 1.9 mi    |     West on Swan to Dietz, 3.0 mi    
  Northeast on M-99 to I-96, 0.6 mi    |    North on Dietz to Carter, 1.0 mi  
  East on I-96 to Okemos Rd., 8.5 mi   |   West on Carter to Osborne, 2.2 mi  
North on Okemos Rd to Haslett, 4.8 mi  |    North on Osborne to M-36, 1.2 mi  
         * VILLAGE OF HASLETT          |      West on M-36 to Williamston/    
East on Haslett to Village of Haslett  |            Jackson, 1.5 mi           
                                       |        * VILLAGE OF DANSVILLE        
                                       |           == END OF TOUR ==          

  While you should not get lost if you follow the directions above, it is     
  recommended to take along with you the DeLorme Michigan Atlas & Gazetteer   
  or the Ingham County Road Commission road map of Ingham County (call        
  800-968-9733 for a road map).  Also print the accompanying map.             
 
Map width=28.2 mi / Tour length=80 mi