Keweenaw Snow Gauge
Keweenaw Snow Gauge is an attraction in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Snow Gauge Roadside Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Copper Country Trail runs past it. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Keweenaw County Road Commission
How to reach it
- On the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Brockway Nose · 20 mi
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snow Gauge Roadside Park: 0.0 mi
- W. C. Veale Park: 3.2 mi
- Houghton Township Square Park: 3.7 mi
- Eagle River Park: 3.9 mi
- Mohawk Park and Playground: 4.8 mi
- Douglas Houghton Michigan's First State Geologist: 3.6 mi
- Joseph Blight, Sr.: 3.7 mi
- S.S. Tioga Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Central School Site: 5.9 mi
- Powder House Ruins: 6.0 mi
- The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 2.6 mi
- Eagle River Museum: 3.7 mi
- The Keweenaw History Museum: 9.6 mi
- The Maritime Museum: 9.7 mi
- Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum: 10.4 mi
- Merganser Pond Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Conglomerate Falls Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Dore Woods Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Gratiot Lake Overlook Nature Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Helmut & Candis Stern Preserve at Mt. Baldy: 11.0 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 2.8 mi
- Eagle River Falls: 3.7 mi
- Jacobs Falls: 5.7 mi
- Tobacco Falls: 11.4 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 12.0 mi
- Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop: 7.3 mi
- WPA Stone Boat: 8.3 mi
- Delaware Mine Tour: 10.6 mi
- Old Homestead: 12.3 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 12.5 mi
- Mount Horace Greeley: 6.3 mi
- Gratiot Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Mount Lookout: 11.2 mi
- Mount Bohemia: 13.8 mi
- Brockway Mountain: 17.2 mi
- Eagle River Beach: 4.0 mi
- Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 12.1 mi
- Breakers Beach: 18.1 mi
- Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 24.7 mi
- Cliff: 0.9 mi
- Clifton: 1.1 mi
- Gregoryville: 12.7 mi
- Mandan: 14.2 mi
- The Miner: 20.4 mi
- The Love Wall: 20.6 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 20.6 mi
- Louis Hill: 10.2 mi
- West Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 20.2 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keweenaw Snow Gauge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | E 83° | 470 m | 6.3 mi |
| Gratiot Mountain | E 79° | 453 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Houghton | E 79° | 447 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Bohemia | E 80° | 438 m | 13.8 mi |
| Brockway Mountain | ENE 65° | 403 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Lookout | ENE 57° | 402 m | 11.2 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | SW 216° | 372 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:25 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:06 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:13 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2339880011
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