Nicknamed "Bath City" for a mineral bath industry that ran from 1873 to 1974, peaked at 11 bathhouses, and drew visitors including Clark Gable, Mae West, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and William Randolph Hearst source
Community character
Mount Clemens is the Macomb County seat, a city of 15,697 residents at the 2020 census on the Clinton River about three miles west of Lake St. Clair source
Anton Art Center
Occupies the 1904 Carnegie-financed library building and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 source
Crocker House Museum & Gardens
Macomb County Historical Society operates the 1869 house as a local history museum with exhibits on the city's mineral bath era source
Michigan Transit Museum
Occupies the former Grand Trunk depot where Thomas Edison learned telegraphy from the station agent in 1862, a building listed on the National Register in 1981 source
Shadyside Park
Heavily wooded 41.6 acre park with a splash pad, skateboarding area, fishing pier, and boat and canoe launch source
Memorial Park
40.9 acre park with eight ball diamonds, a picnic pavilion, in-line skating court, and playground equipment source
Downtown Mount Clemens
Downtown business district supported by a Downtown Development Authority established in April 1983 source
