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Second Sand Beach

Second Sand Beach from directly overhead

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. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.85937, -88.37040

Overlooks nearby

125 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
Peaks: 19
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • 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
Museums: 9
Attractions: 5
  • Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 14.0 mi
  • Skills Zone: 19.3 mi
  • Bayside Bike Park: 19.4 mi
  • Quincy Mine Tours: 21.5 mi
  • Creekside Bike Park: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Rock Beach Point: 0.9 mi
  • First Sand Beach: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Wadsworth Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Pewabic Street Community Garden: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ArvonSE 125°601 m12.4 mi
Mount CurwoodSSE 150°600 m12.4 mi
Mount BenisonE 89°482 m19.5 mi
Mount IdaE 88°456 m20.4 mi
Tolonen HillNW 309°455 m19.6 mi
Huron MountainE 86°446 m21.3 mi
Mount HomerE 91°437 m22.0 mi
South RangeNW 311°433 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:2620:06
June solstice06:0021:0521:52
September equinox07:4119:1319:53
December solstice08:3716:1617:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161724374857646356443222
Precip in2.01.41.52.93.43.33.22.83.53.02.42.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacobsville, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353991932

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