The township and surrounding area has been called the highlands of Wayne [County] because it is especially mountainous. About half of the highest peak in the county, Mount Ararat (historically called Ararat Mountain, Ararat Peak, Ararat Summit, or simply Ararat), is located in the village of Orson (the other half of it is in Belmont Corners in Mount Pleasant Township), as is the entirety of Sugarloaf Mountain (formerly called Sugar Loaf Peak or Sugar-loaf Mountain), another especially prominent summit.