Abandoned Record
About Adventure
Adventure, Michigan was a mining town in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The mine was opened in 1850 and a post office operated in the town from 1851 to 1860.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Adventure, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Adventure is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Adventure
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1950 Greenland sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1951 Greenland sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Iron River sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Iron River sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Iron River sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Iron River sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Ontonagon sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1982 Greenland sheet, 1:25,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Adventure
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Michigan index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Adventure, Michigan": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q14716061.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).