Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 438 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cliffs Shaft Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
former mine, now a museum in Ishpeming, Michigan, USA
Dates from 1880.
Wikidata Q5133096, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 438 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Bancroft Park: 0.2 mi
- Lake Angeline Park: 0.7 mi
- Al Quaal Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- RAMBA Trailhead - The HOB: 1.7 mi
- Ishpeming Township Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 0.2 mi
- Jasper Knob: 1.0 mi
- Summit Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Wewe Hills: 7.8 mi
- Kona Hills: 8.3 mi
- Warner Falls: 5.4 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 10.9 mi
- Morgan Falls: 11.3 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Museum: 0.0 mi
- U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame: 0.9 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 5.7 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 13.8 mi
- Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Forestville Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Michigan North Woods Club: 12.6 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hidden Beach: 13.4 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 14.6 mi
- Dead River Beach: 14.7 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 15.2 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 3.8 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 5.0 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 11.6 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 12.4 mi
- Bartlett King: 13.1 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 14.0 mi
- Fire Bell: 14.0 mi
- McClintock Annex: 14.2 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 17.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 17.4 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 13.9 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Last Bluff: 0.5 mi
- The Cut: 12.8 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Black Rocks: 15.7 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 13.8 mi
- Lakenenland: 24.9 mi
- Lakenenland: 24.9 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Breakwater Light: 15.4 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | SE 143° | 571 m | 3.6 mi |
| Wewe Hills | ESE 108° | 493 m | 7.8 mi |
| Green Hills | S 186° | 467 m | 10.9 mi |
| Ives Hill | NNW 342° | 460 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 339° | 457 m | 0.2 mi |
| Ragged Hills | E 96° | 421 m | 9.5 mi |
| Kona Hills | E 97° | 416 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NE 48° | 372 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:55 | 19:24 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:01 | 21:48 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:16 | 17:07 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 50 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ishpeming Wwtp, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367816368
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