Midland is located 135 miles north of Detroit, and is the international headquarters of the Dow Chemical Company.
Midland has many parks and recreational facilities, and it is a good city for bicycle travel.
Dow Gardens are beautiful for a stroll in any season. Arts programs attract world-class figures from literature, music, and the visual arts. The Northwood campus in Midland is situated on 268 acres of beautiful, wooded flatland on the banks of the Tittabawassee River. The campus buildings were designed by the noted American architect Alden B. Dow. A unique feature of the Midland campus is the Alden B. Dow Creativity Center, founded in 1978 to encourage individuals to think and work creatively and to preserve the architectural and philosophical concepts of Alden B. Dow.