Engine House No.2
Engine House No.2 is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the south-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Powder House Ruins, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Copper Country Trail runs past it. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- On the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Brockway Nose · 15 mi
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 26 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Copper Falls Park: 1.6 mi
- Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 3.6 mi
- Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex: 3.7 mi
- Cliff Street Park: 3.8 mi
- Gratiot Lake Public Access: 4.3 mi
- Powder House Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Central School Site: 0.3 mi
- The Rathbone School Museum: 3.8 mi
- Eagle Harbor Lifesaveing Station: 4.2 mi
- Joseph Blight, Sr.: 4.7 mi
- Jacobs Falls: 2.4 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 4.2 mi
- Eagle River Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 6.9 mi
- Haven Falls: 8.0 mi
- The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 3.9 mi
- The Keweenaw History Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Maritime Museum: 4.0 mi
- Eagle River Museum: 4.7 mi
- Gay Schoolhouse Historical Museum: 12.6 mi
- Delaware Mine Tour: 4.7 mi
- Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 6.0 mi
- Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop: 13.3 mi
- WPA Stone Boat: 14.2 mi
- Old Homestead: 18.3 mi
- Mount Horace Greeley: 2.8 mi
- Gratiot Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Mount Lookout: 5.2 mi
- Mount Bohemia: 8.6 mi
- Brockway Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Eagle River Beach: 4.7 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 18.1 mi
- Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 19.0 mi
- Breakers Beach: 24.1 mi
- Clifton: 5.5 mi
- Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Mandan: 8.5 mi
- Gregoryville: 17.9 mi
- West Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Louis Hill: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Engine House No.2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | SSE 155° | 470 m | 2.8 mi |
| Gratiot Mountain | ESE 111° | 453 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Houghton | E 90° | 447 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Bohemia | E 97° | 438 m | 8.6 mi |
| Brockway Mountain | ENE 70° | 403 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Lookout | ENE 58° | 402 m | 5.2 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | SW 221° | 372 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:25 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:06 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:13 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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