Keweenaw Rocket Range
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
- 6.4 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Brockway Nose · 9 mi
59 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Mount Houghton: 10.7 mi
- Brockway Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Mount Bohemia: 14.2 mi
- Mount Lookout: 18.1 mi
- Gratiot Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Conglomerate Stamp Mill ruins: 15.0 mi
- Eagle Harbor Lifesaveing Station: 20.4 mi
- The Rathbone School Museum: 21.0 mi
- Engine House No.2: 22.6 mi
- Powder House Ruins: 22.8 mi
- The MID: 4.6 mi
- The HUB: 4.6 mi
- Skills Park: 4.7 mi
- Delaware Mine Tour: 18.0 mi
- Earth works: 8.5 mi
- Astor House Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- The Maritime Museum: 20.9 mi
- The Keweenaw History Museum: 20.9 mi
- Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 5.0 mi
- Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- West Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Mandan: 14.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | W 259° | 470 m | 21.7 mi |
| Gratiot Mountain | W 260° | 453 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Houghton | W 262° | 447 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Bohemia | W 259° | 438 m | 14.2 mi |
| Brockway Mountain | WNW 281° | 403 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Lookout | W 274° | 402 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:55 | 19:23 | 20:04 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 21:04 | 21:52 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:51 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 16:10 | 17:03 |
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 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
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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