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Lady Michigan

Lady Michigan from directly overhead

Lady Michigan is an attraction in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Lady Michigan is a glass bottomed boat used for shipwreck tours in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The boat is located on the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail behind the NOAA building at 500 West Fletcher Street in Alpena Michigan.

What to expect

Operated by
Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.06728, -83.43455

129 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail: 0.0 mi
  • Rotary Island Mill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Riverside Skate Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lamare Park: 0.3 mi
  • Avery Park: 0.3 mi
Attractions: 7
Peaks: 3
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lady Michigan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickey HillSSW 201°306 m17.2 mi
Mount MariaSSW 194°282 m22.4 mi
Manning HillW 269°280 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:0719:46
June solstice05:4820:4021:25
September equinox07:2118:5419:33
December solstice08:1016:0616:55

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202129405262686760483627
Precip in2.21.71.83.13.22.73.33.42.93.22.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10089519736

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