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Eagle Harbor Lifesaveing Station

Eagle Harbor Lifesaveing Station from directly overhead

Eagle Harbor Lifesaveing Station is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Maritime Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.8 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Keweenaw County Historical Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.45897, -88.14936

Overlooks nearby

113 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cliff Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Bailey Public Access: 3.0 mi
  • Copper Falls Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Silver Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Jacobs Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Eagle River Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Ten Foot Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Haven Falls: 7.8 mi
Museums: 12
  • The Maritime Museum: 0.5 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 0.5 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 7.5 mi
  • Eagle River Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 3.4 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 10.0 mi
  • The HUB: 15.9 mi
  • Skills Park: 16.0 mi
  • The MID: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyS 189°470 m6.2 mi
Gratiot MountainSSE 158°453 m5.6 mi
Mount HoughtonESE 110°447 m10.3 mi
Mount BohemiaSE 126°438 m7.9 mi
Brockway MountainE 87°403 m8.4 mi
Mount LookoutESE 109°402 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2520:05
June solstice05:5621:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:52
December solstice08:3816:1217:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 12000306OpenStreetMapOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Eagle Harbor Coast Guard Station Boathouse, reference 12000306, listed 08/16/12.

OpenStreetMap element way/225876323

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