Fort Miami
Fort Miami is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mount Edward stands 242 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Joseph's Firemen, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 28 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Miami was a fort on the bank of the St. Joseph River at the site of the present-day city of St. Joseph, Michigan, in the United States. It was established in November 1679 by a band of French explorers led by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on the banks of what was then called the River Miami as a mission and Indian trading outpost. His soldiers destroyed it the next year. It was rebuilt in winter 1680–81. In 1700, a second fort was erected by a visiting Jesuit mission and remained in French possession until the French and Indian War (1754-1763), at which point it was conquered by the British. It came under the command of Colonel John, who with a handful of soldiers resisted regular attacks by surrounding indigenous tribes. It fell to a raiding party during Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 until quickly returning to British rule at the end of the same year.
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Wikidata Q430020, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Here in November 1679, on the Miami River, as the St. Joseph was then called, La Salle, the French explorer built a fort as a base for his western explorations...
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Margaret Upton Arboretum: 0.1 mi
- Lake Bluff Park: 0.1 mi
- Silver Beach County Park: 0.3 mi
- Tiscornia Park: 0.5 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.7 mi
- Hickory Creek Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Sarett Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Weko Beach Recreational Area: 12.8 mi
- Barvicks Sand Dune Nature Sanctuary: 13.0 mi
- Ross Coastal Plain Marsh Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Curious Kids' Museum: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Museum and Cultural Center: 0.3 mi
- Morton House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Crate Basket and Veneer Machinery Museum: 7.1 mi
- North Berrien Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- St. Joseph's Firemen: 0.0 mi
- Wrestlers Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Corten Steel Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Regeneration Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Silver Beach Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Hartford Speedway: 17.3 mi
- Nature Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Arboretum: 18.3 mi
- Hosta Bowl: 18.3 mi
- Eleven Inch Dahlgren: 0.1 mi
- 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 13.7 mi
- First Church Camp: 13.7 mi
- First Church Camp (water tank): 13.7 mi
- War Memorial: 20.6 mi
- Lilac Garden: 18.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.4 mi
- Railway Garden: 18.4 mi
- Nature Adventure Garden: 18.4 mi
- Lions Beach: 0.8 mi
- Weko Beach: 12.8 mi
- South Beach: 22.4 mi
- North Beach: 22.6 mi
- Woodman Beach: 22.9 mi
- Thunder Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Mount Edward: 13.2 mi
- Great Warren Dune: 14.1 mi
- Mount Randall: 15.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 15.4 mi
- St. Joseph North Pier Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- North Pierhead Light: 0.7 mi
- Artesian Flow: 11.6 mi
- Watervliet Rest Area: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Miami. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Edward | SSW 203° | 242 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Randall | SSW 202° | 235 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tower Hill | SSW 203° | 233 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SSW 204° | 229 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Fuller | SSW 204° | 227 m | 15.7 mi |
| Great Warren Dune | SSW 202° | 225 m | 14.1 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | NE 34° | 213 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:44 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:12 | 16:33 | 17:18 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton Harbor AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9929097821
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