Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Tolonen Hill stands 455 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Love Wall, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. The building has two stories and is made of red brick with a red Jacobsville base. Furthermore, its name originates from being built with a 1908 grant from Andrew Carnegie. It served as the public library for Houghton, Michigan from its opening in 1910 until 2006. It is the former building of the Portage Lake District Library. The building was built in 1909, at the site originally occupied by the Armory Building for Company G of the Houghton Light Infantry, using a $15,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. The museum opened in fall 2006 after the library moved to its new location. The building was declared a Michigan State Historic Site on June 18, 1976, listed as the Houghton Public Library. On December 30, 1987, the Shelden Avenue Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the library as a contributing property. The building is built in the Classical Revival style. In October 2013, the museum became a Heritage Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
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Dates from 2006.
Wikidata Q5043964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 1 mi
146 named places within 25 miles
- Waterfront Walk: 0.1 mi
- Bridgeview Park: 0.2 mi
- Central Houghton Greenspace Park: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Mason Nature Area: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Quincy Smelter: 0.3 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 0.9 mi
- Quincy #7 Boiler House: 1.0 mi
- Quincy #4 Hoist House: 1.0 mi
- Seaman Mineral Museum: 1.0 mi
- Quincy Mine: 1.1 mi
- Copper Range Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 6.5 mi
- Houghton County Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Boston Pond Nature Area: 4.0 mi
- Marsin Nature Area: 5.4 mi
- Lily Creek: 6.2 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 6.6 mi
- Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site: 8.9 mi
- Quincy Mine Tours: 1.1 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 2.3 mi
- Skills Zone: 2.3 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 2.6 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 6.5 mi
- Breakers Beach: 8.1 mi
- Stamp Sand: 9.2 mi
- Stamp Sand: 9.9 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 10.7 mi
- Agate Beach: 17.7 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 6.6 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 6.6 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 8.9 mi
- Tobacco Falls: 21.1 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Rubber Mountain: 5.3 mi
- South Range: 7.6 mi
- Tolonen Hill: 8.4 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 22.7 mi
- The Love Wall: 0.1 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 0.2 mi
- The Miner: 0.3 mi
- Gregoryville: 9.4 mi
- Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Clifton: 21.5 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 1.1 mi
- Louis Hill: 10.7 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolonen Hill | SW 226° | 455 m | 8.4 mi |
| South Range | SW 228° | 433 m | 7.6 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | NE 48° | 372 m | 2.7 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SSE 152° | 346 m | 22.9 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | SSW 196° | 339 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:27 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:07 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:16 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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