Small Towns around Detroit

**Detroitnerd** · May-11-10, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Hermod

"Baseline" as a designation for Eight Mile Road comes from the land survey done as a part of the Northwest Ordinance.

If I remember right, it's also the line for the border between Wisconsin and Illinois. All you have to do is keep driving out Base Line Road, drive in a straight line under Lake Michigan, and you'll come out right on the state border.

**RO_Resident** · May-11-10, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitnerd

If I remember right, it's also the line for the border between Wisconsin and Illinois. All you have to do is keep driving out Base Line Road, drive in a straight line under Lake Michigan, and you'll come out right on the state border.

The Wisconsin/Illinois border is 42* 30', which would be ~11 1/2 mile road in the metro area.