Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park
Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Wewe Hills stands 493 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Laughing White Fish Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
124 named places within 25 miles
- Alger County Fairgrounds: 7.1 mi
- Centennial Park: 7.6 mi
- Deer Lake Roadside Park: 8.1 mi
- Skandia West Side Park: 8.2 mi
- Tyoga Pathway: 8.7 mi
- Laughing White Fish Falls: 0.4 mi
- Scott Falls: 12.5 mi
- Morgan Falls: 19.3 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 19.6 mi
- Alger Falls: 20.0 mi
- K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum: 15.4 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 18.3 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 18.7 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 18.8 mi
- Forsyth Township Historical Museum: 19.3 mi
- Eben Ice Caves: 6.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.2 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 15.6 mi
- McClintock Annex: 18.5 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 18.6 mi
- Mount Marquette: 17.9 mi
- Ragged Hills: 20.3 mi
- Kona Hills: 21.5 mi
- Wewe Hills: 22.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 23.6 mi
- Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 16.1 mi
- Bay Furnace: 17.6 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 18.4 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 20.1 mi
- Bartlett King: 23.6 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 18.5 mi
- Dead River Beach: 20.0 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 20.3 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 22.5 mi
- Hidden Beach: 24.8 mi
- Lakenenland: 8.0 mi
- Lakenenland: 8.1 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 18.6 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 19.9 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Black Rocks: 20.4 mi
- The Cut: 23.9 mi
- Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 17.6 mi
- Petes Lake Recreation Area: 24.9 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Breakwater Light: 19.3 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wewe Hills | WNW 282° | 493 m | 22.0 mi |
| Ragged Hills | WNW 287° | 421 m | 20.3 mi |
| Kona Hills | WNW 286° | 416 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 307° | 372 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Marquette | WNW 298° | 337 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 309° | 317 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:21 | 20:01 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:58 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:48 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:14 | 17:05 |
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 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham EXP Farm 2, 8 mi away.
- northern maidenhair fern47 obs
- partridgeberry41 obs
- blue cohosh33 obs
- eastern leatherwood27 obs
- large white trillium27 obs
- yellow birch25 obs
- bloodroot23 obs
- dwarf horsetail23 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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