Onaway Historical Museum
Onaway Historical Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Rattlesnake Hills stands 372 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Bear, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Displaying Onaway history through items and stories from its founding in the latter 1800s to the present, the Onaway Historical Museum is located on the first floor of the Onaway Historic Courthouse.
The story
human settlement in Presque Isle County, Michigan, United States of America
Wikidata Q2306425, matched on coordinates and name (437 m apart).
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Edna Lound Recreational Park: 0.3 mi
- Forest: 3.2 mi
- Forest Township Park: 3.3 mi
- Tower North Eastern State Trail Parking: 3.4 mi
- Onaway State Park: 5.4 mi
- DNR Onaway Field Office: 3.9 mi
- Buck Falls Ranch: 5.2 mi
- Caroline and Willis Brown Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Cain's Creek Swamp Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Porcupine Run Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Browning Farm: 10.8 mi
- Huron Dune Roadside Park: 16.3 mi
- Lake Huron: 16.3 mi
- Henry & Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman: 17.7 mi
- The Bunkhouse Gift Shop: 17.7 mi
- Black Bear: 0.1 mi
- President Abraham Lincoln head sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty head sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Onaway Steers the World: 0.3 mi
- Lobdell & Emery #4 Locomotive sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Lobdell Administration Building: 0.2 mi
- Sturgeon for Tomorrow: 9.5 mi
- Landing Field Concrete Marker: 12.8 mi
- Moltke Maize Maze, LLC: 13.7 mi
- Knaebe's Apple Farm & Ciderworks: 15.8 mi
- Millersburg Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Depot Museum: 8.5 mi
- Topinabee Museum: 19.6 mi
- Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: 20.4 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum: 20.4 mi
- Presque Isle County Historical Museum - Hoffman Annex: 20.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Blats Hill: 14.1 mi
- Griswold Mountain: 19.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hills: 20.4 mi
- Old Baldy Hill: 22.2 mi
- Doriva Beach: 10.5 mi
- The Beach at Canada Creek Ranch: 12.2 mi
- Devoe Beach: 19.4 mi
- Suicide Awareness and Healing Garden: 20.4 mi
- Sunrise Side Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- Ocqueoc Falls: 8.7 mi
- Forty Mile Point Light: 17.7 mi
- Topinabee Rest Area 407: 21.1 mi
- Hagensville: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Onaway Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Hills | S 185° | 372 m | 20.4 mi |
| Old Baldy Hill | S 188° | 363 m | 22.2 mi |
| Blats Hill | W 281° | 294 m | 14.1 mi |
| Griswold Mountain | WNW 286° | 269 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 352° | 263 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:44 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:08 | 16:57 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onaway 4N, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11156543742
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