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Brockway Mountain Drive Sanctuary

Brockway Mountain Drive Sanctuary from directly overhead

Brockway Mountain Drive Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Brockway Mountain Conservation and Recreation Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Michigan Audubon Society
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.46981, -88.01346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Brockway Mountain Conservation and Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Hebard Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mac Frimodig Roadside Park (Abandoned): 3.1 mi
  • Lake Medora Public Access: 3.2 mi
  • Lake Bailey Public Access: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Silver Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Haven Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Manganese Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 5.1 mi
  • The HUB: 9.7 mi
  • Skills Park: 9.7 mi
  • The MID: 9.8 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 15.6 mi
Museums: 7
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Earth works: 5.9 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 6.9 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 6.9 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brockway Mountain Drive Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleySW 227°470 m10.1 mi
Gratiot MountainSW 216°453 m7.3 mi
Mount HoughtonSE 142°447 m5.5 mi
Mount BohemiaS 180°438 m5.4 mi
Brockway MountainE 101°403 m2.1 mi
Mount LookoutWSW 250°402 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2420:05
June solstice05:5621:0521:54
September equinox07:3919:1119:52
December solstice08:3816:1117:04

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1092891816

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