Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone (SiO2), is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
Flint, occasionally flintstone (SiO2), is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start fires.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Downtown Flint covers approximately one square mile near the center of the city, bounded roughly by Fifth Avenue to the north, I-69 to the south, I-475 to the east, and Thread Creek to the west, with most commercial activity focused along Saginaw Street and the University of Michigan-Flint Campus.
- 01Alfred P
Sloan Museum and the Buick Gallery & Research Center are an under-used treasure, devoted to the documentation and interpretation of local history.
- 02Flint Institute of Arts
Gallery: Mon-Fri noon-5PM, Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM.
- 03Civic Park Historic District
- 04Flint Children's Museum
1602 W.
- 05Whaley Historic House Museum
Crossroads Village is a family-friendly attraction reminiscent of a late 19th-century town.
- 06Stepping Stone Falls
Terraced waterfall thru a dam on the Flint River that looks like something out of the movie Inception.
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Things to do
- 01Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley St,.
- 02Flint Institute of Music
Venues for taking in a show include the "New" McCree Theater, the Flint Community Players, and the University of Michigan-Flint theatre and dance program.
- 03Festival
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Where to eat
Sagano Japanese Bistro, 2065 S Linden Rd,. La Azteca Taco House, 1902 W Court St,. Italia Gardens, G3273 Miller Rd.,.
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Getting to Flint
- Airports
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), 93 km · Windsor (YQG), 101 km · Gerald R. Ford (GRR), 150 km
- Detroit → Flint92 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · $9–12
- Grand Rapids → Flint161 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · $15–20
- Cleveland → Flint235 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · $28–39
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Flint
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Flint. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Flint – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.