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Engine House No.2

Engine House No.2 from directly overhead

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

Coordinates47.40774, -88.19626

Overlooks nearby

120 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • 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
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • 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
Museums: 12
  • 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
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Beaches: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleySSE 155°470 m2.8 mi
Gratiot MountainESE 111°453 m4.6 mi
Mount HoughtonE 90°447 m11.9 mi
Mount BohemiaE 97°438 m8.6 mi
Brockway MountainENE 70°403 m11.3 mi
Mount LookoutENE 58°402 m5.2 mi
Arcadian HillSW 221°372 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:2520:05
June solstice05:5721:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:53
December solstice08:3816:1317:05

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, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1161229077

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