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Keweenaw Rocket Range

Keweenaw Rocket Range from directly overhead

Keweenaw Rocket Range is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The MID, a attraction 4.6 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 6.4 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.43030, -87.71481

Overlooks nearby

59 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Skills Park: 4.7 mi
  • Donny Kilpela Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Lookout: 9.0 mi
  • Hunter's Point Park: 9.1 mi
  • Copper Harbor Marina: 9.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Manganese Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Haven Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Silver Falls: 16.9 mi
Peaks: 6
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 4
  • The MID: 4.6 mi
  • The HUB: 4.6 mi
  • Skills Park: 4.7 mi
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 18.0 mi
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keweenaw Rocket Range. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyW 259°470 m21.7 mi
Gratiot MountainW 260°453 m18.5 mi
Mount HoughtonW 262°447 m10.7 mi
Mount BohemiaW 259°438 m14.2 mi
Brockway MountainWNW 281°403 m12.1 mi
Mount LookoutW 274°402 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5519:2320:04
June solstice05:5521:0421:52
September equinox07:3819:1019:51
December solstice08:3616:1017:03

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171726364857646558453323
Precip in2.31.91.72.73.63.13.02.63.73.72.62.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor FT Wilkins, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/2487471771

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