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West Bluff

West Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

West Bluff is a cliff in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 360 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hebard Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
360 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.46463, -87.94511

Overlooks nearby

Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Hebard Park: 1.0 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Conservation and Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Copper Harbor Marina: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Medora Public Access: 2.2 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Lookout: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Manganese Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Silver Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Haven Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 7.0 mi
Museums: 7
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Earth works: 2.7 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 10.0 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 10.1 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 16.3 mi
Peaks: 6
Attractions: 5
  • The HUB: 6.4 mi
  • Skills Park: 6.5 mi
  • The MID: 6.5 mi
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 7.7 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyWSW 238°470 m12.4 mi
Gratiot MountainSW 234°453 m9.3 mi
Mount HoughtonS 178°447 m4.0 mi
Mount BohemiaSSW 212°438 m6.0 mi
Brockway MountainW 269°403 m1.1 mi
Mount LookoutW 261°402 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2420:04
June solstice05:5521:0521:53
September equinox07:3919:1119:52
December solstice08:3716:1117:04

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212028384958656558473626
Precip in1.91.11.22.22.82.52.52.33.12.71.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353984786

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