Lake Huron
Lake Huron is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Blats Hill stands 294 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Huron Dune Roadside Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Additional sign details available at MDNR's interactive marker map here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0810844003f149faa1a3aeaa64d7d42e?dlg=LGWindowDetails#data_s=id%3AdataSource_2-194d0d01c4e-layer-4%3A82.
The story
park in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States of America
Wikidata Q49513329, matched on coordinates and name (49 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- This, the fifth largest lake in the world, was the first of the Great Lakes Seen by white men. By Following the Ottawa River route, Samuel de Champlain in1615 came to the Freshwater Sea. It was half a century before the French fully understood...
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ocqueoc Outdoor Center: 7.9 mi
- Grant Township Park: 8.4 mi
- Hammond Point Boating Access Site: 9.0 mi
- Onaway State Park: 11.1 mi
- Benton Township Park: 11.2 mi
- Huron Dune Roadside Park: 0.0 mi
- Huron Shores Roadside Park: 4.3 mi
- Cheboygan Point Light #592: 13.5 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 14.1 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 14.1 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Reeds Alverno Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- DNR Onaway Field Office: 12.5 mi
- G.C. Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Walter Philip Ruether sculpture: 12.6 mi
- Walter and May Reuther Eternal Flame: 12.7 mi
- Ruether Brothers sculpture: 12.7 mi
- Bald Eagle Catching Fish: 15.3 mi
- Shimmy: 15.5 mi
- Landing Field Concrete Marker: 9.2 mi
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow: 10.8 mi
- Lifeboat: 14.1 mi
- Calcite Pilot House: 14.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.1 mi
- Sheriff’s House & Jail: 15.8 mi
- Native American Log Cabin: 15.8 mi
- The History Center of Cheboygan County: 15.8 mi
- Spies Heritage Hall: 15.8 mi
- Onaway Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Blats Hill: 21.6 mi
- Griswold Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Heilman Hill: 24.8 mi
- Suicide Awareness and Healing Garden: 20.2 mi
- Sunrise Side Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Mesochosm Area: 24.9 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 22.6 mi
- Hebron Rest Area 408: 23.4 mi
- Doriva Beach: 8.9 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 14.1 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Huron. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blats Hill | SW 232° | 294 m | 21.6 mi |
| Griswold Mountain | WSW 245° | 269 m | 24.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 225° | 263 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:44 | 21:30 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:15 | 16:06 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onaway 4N, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13205226587
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