Quincy Smelter
Quincy Smelter is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Tolonen Hill stands 455 m to the southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is East Houghton Waterfront Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Copper smelter in Ripley, Michigan.
Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q7272185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 1 mi
144 named places within 25 miles
- East Houghton Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Bridgeview Park: 0.4 mi
- Waterfront Walk: 0.4 mi
- Mason Nature Area: 0.4 mi
- College Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 0.8 mi
- Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic: 0.8 mi
- Quincy #4 Hoist House: 0.9 mi
- Quincy #7 Boiler House: 0.9 mi
- Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: 0.3 mi
- Quincy Mine: 1.0 mi
- Seaman Mineral Museum: 1.1 mi
- Copper Range Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 6.7 mi
- Boston Pond Nature Area: 3.7 mi
- Marsin Nature Area: 5.3 mi
- Lily Creek: 5.9 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 6.3 mi
- Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site: 8.6 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 2.1 mi
- Skills Zone: 2.2 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 2.6 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 6.7 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 8.3 mi
- Breakers Beach: 7.9 mi
- Stamp Sand: 9.3 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 10.4 mi
- Agate Beach: 18.0 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 19.7 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 6.3 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 6.3 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 6.3 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 8.5 mi
- Tobacco Falls: 20.8 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rubber Mountain: 5.3 mi
- South Range: 7.9 mi
- Tolonen Hill: 8.7 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 23.0 mi
- The Miner: 0.3 mi
- The Love Wall: 0.4 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 0.4 mi
- Gregoryville: 9.1 mi
- Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Clifton: 21.2 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 1.0 mi
- Louis Hill: 10.4 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quincy Smelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolonen Hill | SW 225° | 455 m | 8.7 mi |
| South Range | SW 228° | 433 m | 7.9 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | NE 50° | 372 m | 2.4 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SSE 152° | 346 m | 23.1 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | SSW 197° | 339 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:27 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:07 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:16 | 17:08 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1804201103
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