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The Rathbone School Museum

The Rathbone School Museum from directly overhead

The Rathbone School Museum is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the south, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.8 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.45729, -88.16288

Overlooks nearby

113 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex: 0.0 mi
  • Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cliff Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Copper Falls Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lake Bailey Public Access: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Jacobs Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Silver Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Eagle River Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Ten Foot Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Haven Falls: 8.1 mi
Museums: 12
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 0.2 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Eagle River Museum: 7.0 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 7.0 mi
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 3.8 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 9.4 mi
  • The HUB: 16.5 mi
  • Skills Park: 16.6 mi
  • The MID: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyS470 m6.0 mi
Gratiot MountainSSE453 m5.7 mi
Mount HoughtonESE447 m10.9 mi
Mount BohemiaESE438 m8.3 mi
Brockway MountainE403 m9.1 mi
Mount LookoutESE402 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:2520:05
June solstice05:5621:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:52
December solstice08:3816:1217:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212028384958656558473626
Precip in1.91.11.22.22.82.52.52.33.12.71.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000628OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse, reference 72000628, listed 09/22/72.

OpenStreetMap element way/1071436016

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