Coast Guard Cutters on the Great Lakes
Coast Guard Cutters on the Great Lakes is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Baldy stands 233 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
Three red buoys and signboard
What the record says
- Material
- steel
- Inscription
- Until the 1930's the Coast Guard surfmen were shore based, equipped only with oarpowered surfboats to rescue shipwrecked seamen. As steel hulled steam vessels replaced the wooden schooners, more and more wrecks occurred in mid-Lake far away from...
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Escanaba/John Kelly Park/Lighthouse Connector Park: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Mulligan’s Hollow: 0.2 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.3 mi
- Depot Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Pere Marquette Railroad Locomotive 1223: 0.7 mi
- Idema Explorers Camp: 1.2 mi
- Camp Information Kiosk: 1.2 mi
- Camp Trailhead: 1.2 mi
- Day-use Trailhead: 1.5 mi
- Kitchel Lindquist Dunes Preserve: 0.4 mi
- DePersia South Highlands Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Ferrysburg Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Rosy Mound Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Hofma Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Sails: 0.4 mi
- North Bank Trail—Nunica Junction—Trailhead Train: 8.9 mi
- Transitional Link: 19.1 mi
- Uniting Sun: 19.2 mi
- The Protector: 19.7 mi
- Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard: 0.0 mi
- To The Enlisted Men of the United States Coast Guard: 0.0 mi
- In Memory of the Coast Guard Men and Women: 0.0 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.1 mi
- Nunica Stonehenge: 8.3 mi
- Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Midwest Miniatures Museum: 0.7 mi
- Community Archive and Research Center: 2.8 mi
- Gillette Visitor Center: 4.4 mi
- James Jackson Museum of African American History: 9.8 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 3.1 mi
- Harbour Towne Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 15.2 mi
- Riley Beach: 16.2 mi
- Idlewood Beach: 18.4 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 7.5 mi
- Muskegon Rest Area 501: 20.3 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 22.7 mi
- Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 24.8 mi
- Headwaters: 24.0 mi
- Marl Springs: 24.5 mi
- Shrew Springs: 25.0 mi
- Fairchild Park: 12.4 mi
- The Pines: 12.5 mi
- Charleston: 15.9 mi
- Holland Harbor Light: 19.9 mi
- Baldy: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Cutters on the Great Lakes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy | S 175° | 233 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:45 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:27 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Haven Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4632379151
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