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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 GreeleyS 184°470 m6.0 mi
Gratiot MountainSSE 152°453 m5.7 mi
Mount HoughtonESE 108°447 m10.9 mi
Mount BohemiaESE 123°438 m8.3 mi
Brockway MountainE 87°403 m9.1 mi
Mount LookoutESE 103°402 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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