Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Michigan Hill

— Michigan Hill Trail —

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 24, 2025

1. Michigan Hill Marker

Inscription. One time name for this area. It parodied the constant boasting by a local farmer about his plans to move on to then Frontier Michigan.

Erected 1996 by Town of Ithaca.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 42° 24.287′ N, 76° 29.204′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on East King Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 177 East King Road, Ithaca NY 14850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: Ithaca & Owego (approx. 0.8 miles away); Ithaca College (approx. 1.4 miles away); Teegastoweas (approx. 1.7 miles away); Inclined Plane (approx. 1.8 miles away); Catskill Turnpike (approx. 1.8 miles away); Glaciers Cut the Valley; the Creek Cut the Gorge (approx. 1.9 miles away); Buttermilk Falls (approx. 1.9 miles away); Buttermilk's Rugged Rocks are Recycled Mountains (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 24, 2025

2. Michigan Hill Marker

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 24, 2025

3. Michigan Hill Marker

Michigan Hill Marker looking east. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 24, 2025

4. Michigan Hill Marker looking east.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 159 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 24, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.