Second Sand Beach
Second Sand Beach is a beach in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 184 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Sand Beach Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 21 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 21 mi
124 named places within 25 miles
- Second Sand Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Baraga Cliff Roadside Park: 5.1 mi
- L'Anse Township Park: 6.0 mi
- Pinery Lakes Ski Trails: 6.1 mi
- Arvon Township Park: 6.5 mi
- Pikes Peak: 2.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Mount Arvon: 12.4 mi
- Mount Curwood: 12.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 15.7 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 19.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.5 mi
- Quincy Smelter: 20.5 mi
- Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic: 21.3 mi
- Quincy #7 Boiler House: 21.4 mi
- Silver River Falls: 4.8 mi
- Quartzite Falls: 7.8 mi
- Power House Falls: 9.2 mi
- Ogemaw Falls: 16.0 mi
- Canyon Falls: 17.1 mi
- Huron Bay Field Station: 8.0 mi
- Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary: 9.4 mi
- Koski Woods: 11.8 mi
- Baraga Old Growth Nature Sanctuary: 14.1 mi
- Lake Linden-Hubbell School Forest: 19.5 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 14.0 mi
- Ford Historic Sawmill Museum: 15.7 mi
- Alberta Village Museum: 15.9 mi
- Seaman Mineral Museum: 19.4 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 14.0 mi
- Skills Zone: 19.3 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 19.4 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 22.4 mi
- The Miner: 20.2 mi
- The Love Wall: 20.4 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 20.5 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 0.9 mi
- First Sand Beach: 1.0 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 19.6 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 8.1 mi
- Gregoryville: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Second Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | SE 125° | 601 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Curwood | SSE 150° | 600 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Benison | E 89° | 482 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Ida | E 88° | 456 m | 20.4 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | NW 309° | 455 m | 19.6 mi |
| Huron Mountain | E 86° | 446 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Homer | E 91° | 437 m | 22.0 mi |
| South Range | NW 311° | 433 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:26 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 21:05 | 21:52 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 16:16 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 24 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacobsville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353991932
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