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Astor House Historical Museum

Astor House Historical Museum from directly overhead

Astor House Historical Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Donny Kilpela Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Copper Country Trail runs past it. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnetonka Resort
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.46824, -87.89224

Overlooks nearby

Around it

78 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Donny Kilpela Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Lookout: 0.3 mi
  • Hunter's Point Park: 0.5 mi
  • Copper Harbor Marina: 0.5 mi
  • Hebard Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Manganese Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Silver Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Haven Falls: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 6
  • Earth works: 0.3 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 12.5 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 12.5 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 18.7 mi
  • Eagle River Museum: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Skills Park: 4.1 mi
  • The HUB: 4.1 mi
  • The MID: 4.1 mi
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 10.1 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyWSW 243°470 m14.7 mi
Gratiot MountainWSW 240°453 m11.5 mi
Mount HoughtonSSW 209°447 m4.8 mi
Mount BohemiaSW 227°438 m7.7 mi
Brockway MountainW 266°403 m3.6 mi
Mount LookoutW 262°402 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5519:2420:04
June solstice05:5521:0521:53
September equinox07:3919:1119:51
December solstice08:3716:1117:04

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1159230310

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