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The Edmund Fitzgerald

The Edmund Fitzgerald from directly overhead

The Edmund Fitzgerald is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Saint Peters Dome stands 452 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is City Hall Plaza, a park 0.3 miles away. Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates46.66831, -90.89041

123 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • City Hall Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Wikdal Park: 0.4 mi
  • Legion Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washburn Athletic Field Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 18
Museums: 11
Waterfalls: 11
  • Lost Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Siskiwit Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Morgan Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Lower Potato River Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Upper Potato River Falls: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Washburn School Forest and Environmental Education Center: 1.7 mi
  • South Shore Road Park: 8.0 mi
  • Forest Park: 9.5 mi
  • Big Ravine Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
  • Fire Hill: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Locomotive 950: 5.5 mi
  • Tsuga Lumps: 8.3 mi
  • Ashland County Fairgrounds: 17.3 mi
  • Artesian Well: 18.8 mi
  • Twilite: 19.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Mount Ashwabay: 7.9 mi
  • Mount Valhalla: 8.2 mi
  • Saint Peters Dome: 21.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Fish Creek Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Sajdak Springs: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saint Peters DomeS 181°452 m21.9 mi
Mount ValhallaWNW 294°412 m8.2 mi
Mount AshwabayN 352°400 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:16
June solstice05:1120:1421:02
September equinox06:5118:2319:03
December solstice07:4615:2816:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131727395161676658453220
Precip in1.31.11.62.93.64.24.13.83.63.31.81.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland 3S, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13966709962

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