Sacred Rock
Sacred Rock is an attraction in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Black Mountain stands 263 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cash and Jennie Gapczynski Nature Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 153 named places lie within 25 miles.
Giant rock, ~20' long, 8' wide, and 4' tall. Rock features U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey mark on top. Native American tribes reportedly used rock as a boundary marker separating two tribes' hunting grounds.
What to expect
How to reach it
153 named places within 25 miles
- Cash and Jennie Gapczynski Nature Park: 0.9 mi
- Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Park: 1.1 mi
- P.H. Hoeft State Park: 1.2 mi
- Herman Vogler Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
- Seagull Point Park: 4.0 mi
- Michigan Historic Site: 1.1 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 1.1 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 1.1 mi
- Property Transfer Plaque: 4.1 mi
- RC Historic Site No. 4: Frederick Denny Larke Home: 5.3 mi
- Calcite Pilot House: 1.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 1.1 mi
- Lifeboat: 1.1 mi
- Moltke Maize Maze, LLC: 4.5 mi
- Antique Hearse Carriage: 5.4 mi
- #I ❤️ Rogers City: 4.3 mi
- American Eagle Mural: 4.6 mi
- Howitzer: 4.6 mi
- Sunrise Over Lake Huron Mural: 5.1 mi
- The Gentleman: 5.4 mi
- Porcupine Run Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Buck Falls Ranch: 12.9 mi
- DNR Onaway Field Office: 16.7 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Mystery Valley Karst Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: 5.2 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum - Hoffman Annex: 5.4 mi
- Millersburg Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Depot Museum: 12.4 mi
- Onaway Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 1.1 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 9.5 mi
- Hagensville: 11.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Doriva Beach: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sacred Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | W 280° | 263 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:43 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:06 | 16:56 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogers City, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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