Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light
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Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chassell Centennial Park, a park 6.0 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 13 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light, also known as the Portage Entry Light, is a lighthouse located at the south end of breakwater at mouth of the Portage River in Torch Lake Township. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1919.
Wikidata Q29096978, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1920
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 13 mi
145 named places within 25 miles
- Chassell Centennial Park: 6.0 mi
- Portage Lake Public Access: 6.3 mi
- Baraga Cliff Roadside Park: 7.2 mi
- Second Sand Beach Park: 8.4 mi
- Boundary Road Trails: 9.7 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 11.8 mi
- Quincy Smelter: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic: 13.3 mi
- Quincy #7 Boiler House: 13.4 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 6.2 mi
- Seaman Mineral Museum: 11.4 mi
- Copper Range Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: 12.3 mi
- Quincy Mine: 13.4 mi
- Pikes Peak: 10.6 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 13.1 mi
- South Range: 13.3 mi
- Tolonen Hill: 13.3 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Huron Bay Field Station: 10.6 mi
- Lake Linden-Hubbell School Forest: 12.4 mi
- Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
- Koski Woods: 13.0 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 14.2 mi
- Silver River Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 14.0 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 14.1 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 14.2 mi
- Quartzite Falls: 15.3 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 6.3 mi
- Skills Zone: 11.2 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 11.3 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 14.6 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 18.9 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 7.2 mi
- Second Sand Beach: 8.1 mi
- First Sand Beach: 8.6 mi
- Stamp Sand: 20.3 mi
- Breakers Beach: 20.4 mi
- The Miner: 12.2 mi
- The Love Wall: 12.4 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 12.5 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 11.6 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Gregoryville: 15.1 mi
- Louis Hill: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | SE 138° | 601 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Curwood | SSE 154° | 600 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Benison | ESE 108° | 482 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Ida | ESE 106° | 456 m | 24.2 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | WNW 291° | 455 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huron Mountain | ESE 104° | 446 m | 24.9 mi |
| South Range | WNW 294° | 433 m | 13.3 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | NNW 340° | 372 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:26 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 21:05 | 21:53 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 16:16 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 24 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacobsville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 14000426OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light, reference 14000426, listed 07/18/14.
OpenStreetMap element way/1338866322
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