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Pictured Rocks

Pictured Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Pictured Rocks is a cliff in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. The nearest named place is Mosquito Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.53328, -86.48822

48 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 17
  • Mosquito Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Chapel Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Bridalveil Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Chapel Beach Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Elliot Falls: 3.1 mi
Parks: 13
  • Stone Quarry Park: 10.3 mi
  • Grand Island Harbor Scenic Turnout: 10.4 mi
  • Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve: 10.4 mi
  • Anna River Mouth Boating Access Site: 11.1 mi
  • Brown's Addition Tot Lot: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Chapel Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Miners Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Twelvemile Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Log Slide Beach: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Chapel Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop: 11.7 mi
  • Ewing Point: 22.3 mi
  • Eben Ice Caves: 24.1 mi
Museums: 3
  • Munising Coast Guard Station Boathouse: 8.0 mi
  • Munising Heritage Center Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Pictured Rocks Interpretive Center: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Abandoned car: 9.6 mi
  • Bay Furnace: 12.1 mi
  • Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 12.1 mi
  • Petes Lake Recreation Area: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:1919:59
June solstice05:5420:5621:43
September equinox07:3319:0619:46
December solstice08:2816:1117:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028374958656558473526
Precip in2.01.41.52.32.82.73.12.73.84.13.12.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353997195

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