Iron Lake

Iron Lake is a lake in Lenawee County, Southeast Michigan, Michigan. Iron Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Oak Shade Park, as well as near Springville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Irish Hills Towers and Hayes State Park.

Irish Hills Towers

Building

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The Irish Hills Towers are two wooden observation towers located at 8433 West U.S. Highway 12 in Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, in the Irish Hills region. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2007.

Hayes State Park

Park

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Walter J. Hayes State Park is a public recreation area covering 654 acres on the southeast corner of Wamplers Lake in the Irish Hills region of the state of Michigan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Onsted and Brooklyn.

Onsted

Village

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Onsted is a village within Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village had a population of 988 at the 2020 census. Located within the Irish Hills region, the village is part of Cambridge Township.

Brooklyn

Village

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Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,313 at the 2020 census. It is located in the Irish Hills region of southern Michigan, just north of U.S. Route 12 along M-50. Brooklyn is situated 5 miles northwest of Iron Lake.

Manchester Township

Town

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Manchester Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,626 at the 2020 census, although the population is less now after the village of Manchester, which was within the boundaries of the township, incorporated as an autonomous city in 2023. Manchester Township is situated 6 miles northeast of Iron Lake.

Iron Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States of America
Category: body of water
Location: Lenawee County, Southeast Michigan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.05917° or 42° 3′ 33″ north

Longitude

-84.16312° or 84° 9′ 47″ west

Elevation

965 feet (294 metres)

Open location code

86JQ3R5P+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 229943874

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

4997229

Wikidata ID

Q88273808

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