Float Copper
Float Copper is a historic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Pikes Peak stands 403 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Modern Ship Propeller, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- This piece of float copper was dredged from the Keweenaw Waterway, Michigan, by the hydraulic dredge "New Jersey";on May 27, 1932, while working under contract with the United States Engineers Office, Duluth...
How to reach it
- On the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 1.0 mi off the Skyline Parkway Scenic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive
- 24.6 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chester Park Trail Overlook · 2 mi
- Bagley Nature Area viewing platform · 3 mi
- Rock Knob · 4 mi
- Gazebo Point · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Canal Park: 0.2 mi
- Sister Cities Park: 0.5 mi
- Bayfront Festival Park: 0.5 mi
- Gichi-Ode' Akiing: 0.6 mi
- Frankline Tot Lot: 0.6 mi
- Tug Bayfield: 0.0 mi
- SS William A. Irvin: 0.3 mi
- Leif Erikson Replica Longboat: 1.2 mi
- Japanese Peace Bell: 1.5 mi
- Enger Tower: 1.6 mi
- Modern Ship Propeller: 0.0 mi
- Northwoods Sailors: 0.0 mi
- United States Merchant Marine / U.S. Navy Armed Guard: 0.0 mi
- Dedicated to Davis Helberg: 0.0 mi
- Modern Ship Anchor: 0.0 mi
- Hearding Island Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Interstate Island Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Hartley Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands State Natural Area: 9.1 mi
- Canosia Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Jay Cooke: 1.0 mi
- Leif Erikson: 1.3 mi
- Wild Rice Moon: 2.5 mi
- Sieur Jean du Luth: 2.7 mi
- Dadibajimoowinini: 2.7 mi
- Lower Amnicon Falls: 15.1 mi
- Snake Pit Falls: 15.1 mi
- Now and Then Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Amnicon Falls: 15.2 mi
- Big Manitou Falls: 16.9 mi
- Duluth Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Japanese Peace Bell and Garden: 1.5 mi
- Lafayette Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.4 mi
- BlueStone Roundabout: 2.7 mi
- Thompson Hill Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Superior Rest Area 23: 9.0 mi
- Veterans Evergreen Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Knife River Wayside Rest: 18.3 mi
- US-53: Independence Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Moose Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Bardon Peak: 9.2 mi
- Elys Peak: 10.3 mi
- Oldenburg Point: 15.2 mi
- Pikes Peak: 23.0 mi
- South Breakwater Inner Light: 0.1 mi
- Wisconsin Point Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Point of Rocks: 1.2 mi
- The Deeps: 5.9 mi
- Knife River Beach: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Float Copper. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | SSE 161° | 403 m | 23.0 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NE 40° | 350 m | 7.7 mi |
| Oldenburg Point | SW 232° | 292 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:20 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:32 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 67 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duluth Harbor STN, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9018634515
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