Twelve Mile Substation

Twelve Mile Substation is an electrical substation in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan. Twelve Mile Substation is situated nearby to the pitch Modern Skate & Surf, as well as near the health club Royal Oak Gym.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ascension and Royal Oak station.

Ascension

Hospital

Ascension is a large private Catholic healthcare system in the United States. Ascension had 142,000 employees, 90 hospitals, and 40 senior living facilities operating in 17 states and the District of Columbia as of July 1, 2025. Ascension is situated 1½ miles east of Twelve Mile Substation.

Royal Oak station

Railway station

Photo: Stanthejeep, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Royal Oak Transit Center is an intermodal transit station in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It is served by Amtrak's Wolverine, which makes three round trips daily from nearby Pontiac to Chicago, Illinois. Royal Oak station is situated 2 miles southwest of Twelve Mile Substation.

Madison High School

School

Madison High School is a public high school located in Madison Heights, Oakland County, Michigan, United States. Its mascot is the Eagle. It is a part of Madison District Public Schools. Madison High School is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Twelve Mile Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madison Hts and Pleasant Ridge.

Madison Hts

Town

Photo: Wifimonster, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Madison Heights is located roughly 12 miles north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 28,468.

Pleasant Ridge

Town

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pleasant Ridge is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Pleasant Ridge is located roughly 11 miles northwest of downtown Detroit. Pleasant Ridge is situated 2½ miles southwest of Twelve Mile Substation.

Clawson

Town

Clawson is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Clawson is located about 19 miles north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,389. Clawson is situated 2½ miles northwest of Twelve Mile Substation.

Twelve Mile Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.50181° or 42° 30′ 7″ north

Longitude

-83.11716° or 83° 7′ 2″ west

Operator

DTE Energy

Open location code

86JRGV2M+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1152444612

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