Great Lakes
Following the 45th Parallel Through Michigan
The 45th Parallel Michigan road trip is about 135 miles from west to east across the northern Lower Peninsula. You head north and something starts to shift. The road stops asking you to hurry. Then you see the sign.
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What Is the 45th Parallel? Why It Defines Life in Northern Michigan
The 45th Parallel is a line of latitude that circles the entire globe at exactly 45 degrees north, halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. If you've driven north on I-75 through Gaylord, you've crossed it. There's a sign. It doesn't make a big deal of itself. Neither does the place it marks.
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