WayfarrowPine Hill
Ghost town · Sanilac County, Michigan
Pine Hill is a ghost town in Sanilac County, Michigan. It is the only former community in Sanilac County recorded on the federal names register, out of 39 across Michigan.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pine Hill as a historical populated place on the Croswell topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.3584° N, 82.5405° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Croswell |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 635 ft |
| Nearest living town | Port Sanilac, MI |
| Distance to it | 4.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1953676 |
| Coordinates | 43.35836, -82.54048 |
What's there now
Pine Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Port Sanilac, MI (population 787), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 635 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Port Sanilac Lightlighthouse · Sanilac County · 4.9 mi
- Merrillsvilleghost town · St. Clair County · 19.9 mi
- Fort Gratiot Lightlighthouse · St. Clair County · 25.1 mi
- Harbor Beach Lightlighthouse · Huron County · 34 mi
- Peche Island Rear Range Lightlighthouse · St. Clair County · 44.5 mi
- Pointe aux Barques Lightlighthouse · Huron County · 47.7 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.