Houghton County Historical Museum
Houghton County Historical Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregoryville, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 170 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houghton County Historical Society
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 9 mi
170 named places within 25 miles
- Tamarack City Park: 1.8 mi
- George Gipp Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- George Gipp Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Daniell Park: 3.6 mi
- Agassiz Park: 4.4 mi
- Ahmeek Stamp Mill Ruins: 1.7 mi
- Float Copper: 4.1 mi
- Alexander Agassiz Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Italian Hall Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Ruth Ann Miller Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site: 1.5 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 2.0 mi
- Lake Linden-Hubbell School Forest: 3.9 mi
- Boston Pond Nature Area: 5.2 mi
- Lily Creek: 8.2 mi
- Coppertown USA Mining Museum: 4.2 mi
- Calumet Union Building: 4.3 mi
- Paige Wiard: 4.4 mi
- Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum: 4.6 mi
- Quincy Mine: 8.4 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 5.5 mi
- Old Homestead: 5.5 mi
- WPA Stone Boat: 5.7 mi
- Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop: 6.5 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 6.8 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 1.5 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 2.0 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 2.1 mi
- Tobacco Falls: 12.7 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 8.2 mi
- Breakers Beach: 11.0 mi
- Stamp Sand: 16.2 mi
- Eagle River Beach: 16.7 mi
- Stamp Sand: 17.2 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 6.0 mi
- Rubber Mountain: 11.4 mi
- South Range: 16.2 mi
- Mount Horace Greeley: 16.9 mi
- Tolonen Hill: 17.0 mi
- Gregoryville: 0.9 mi
- Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Clifton: 13.9 mi
- Mandan: 24.8 mi
- The Miner: 8.4 mi
- The Love Wall: 8.7 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 8.7 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 7.9 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Louis Hill: 2.8 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Houghton County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | NE 42° | 470 m | 16.9 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | SW 232° | 455 m | 17.0 mi |
| Gratiot Mountain | NE 47° | 453 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Bohemia | NE 53° | 438 m | 23.4 mi |
| South Range | SW 233° | 433 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Lookout | NE 39° | 402 m | 23.1 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | WSW 242° | 372 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:26 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 21:06 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:15 | 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 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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