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Lake Bailey Wildlife Sanctuary

Lake Bailey Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Lake Bailey Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Bailey Public Access, a park 0.6 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 106 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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Coordinates47.45351, -88.07829

Overlooks nearby

Around it

106 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Lake Bailey Public Access: 0.6 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex: 4.0 mi
  • Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 4.1 mi
  • Cliff Street Park: 4.2 mi
  • Mac Frimodig Roadside Park (Abandoned): 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 12
  • The Maritime Museum: 3.8 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Earth works: 9.0 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Silver Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Haven Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Jacobs Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Manganese Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Ten Foot Falls: 10.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 2.2 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 12.4 mi
  • The HUB: 12.6 mi
  • Skills Park: 12.7 mi
  • The MID: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleySW 217°470 m7.2 mi
Gratiot MountainSSW 195°453 m4.9 mi
Mount HoughtonESE 117°447 m7.1 mi
Mount BohemiaSE 145°438 m5.3 mi
Brockway MountainE 82°403 m5.2 mi
Mount LookoutWSW 251°402 m1.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2420:05
June solstice05:5621:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:52
December solstice08:3816:1217:04

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1092890812

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