Road-trip index
Ghost Towns near Detroit
The survey records 629 vanished or historical sites within 100 miles of Detroit, MI. Here's what's closest — and which places have full records worth planning a day around.
Closest surveyed sites — records pending
Exeter, MI~30 mi
New Jerusalem, OH~50 mi
Maple Grove, OH~52 mi
Rockwell, OH~55 mi
Prentice, OH~55 mi
Middleton, OH~55 mi
Sheldon, OH~56 mi
Richards, OH~56 mi
Bowen, OH~57 mi
Violet, OH~58 mi
Every one of these is on the national atlas map — zoom into the Detroit area to see them in place.