Huron Bay Field Station
Huron Bay Field Station is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 22 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Keweenaw Land Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 23 mi
131 named places within 25 miles
- Skanee Community Park: 2.7 mi
- Arvon Township Park: 3.1 mi
- Point Abbaye Natural Area Baraga County Park: 5.2 mi
- Roland Lake Public Access: 6.5 mi
- Second Sand Beach Park: 7.9 mi
- Pikes Peak: 8.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Mount Arvon: 11.4 mi
- Mount Benison: 12.9 mi
- Mount Ida: 13.7 mi
- Ahmeek Stamp Mill Ruins: 20.2 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 20.9 mi
- Quincy Smelter: 21.7 mi
- Mohawk Stamp Mill: 21.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Quartzite Falls: 8.7 mi
- Silver River Falls: 10.0 mi
- Power House Falls: 16.2 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 20.7 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 20.7 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 16.5 mi
- Seaman Mineral Museum: 20.7 mi
- Houghton County Historical Museum: 20.9 mi
- Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: 21.7 mi
- Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Koski Woods: 3.8 mi
- Baraga Old Growth Nature Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
- Lake Linden-Hubbell School Forest: 17.1 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 20.9 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 16.5 mi
- Skills Zone: 19.9 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 20.0 mi
- Quincy Mine Tours: 22.6 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 24.2 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 7.7 mi
- Second Sand Beach: 8.0 mi
- First Sand Beach: 9.0 mi
- The Miner: 21.5 mi
- The Love Wall: 21.8 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 21.8 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 20.7 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 10.6 mi
- Gregoryville: 20.4 mi
- Louis Hill: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Huron Bay Field Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | SSE 164° | 601 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Curwood | S 183° | 600 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Benison | ESE 106° | 482 m | 12.9 mi |
| Ives Hill | ESE 108° | 460 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Ida | ESE 103° | 456 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | WNW 291° | 455 m | 23.9 mi |
| Huron Mountain | E 100° | 446 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Homer | ESE 105° | 437 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:25 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:04 | 21:52 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 16:15 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 24 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacobsville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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