Laughing Whitefish Lake Preserve
Laughing Whitefish Lake Preserve is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Wewe Hills stands 493 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
122 named places within 25 miles
- Deer Lake Roadside Park: 4.9 mi
- Tyoga Pathway: 6.0 mi
- Laughing Whitefish Campground: 6.1 mi
- Alger County Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 7.7 mi
- Laughing White Fish Falls: 3.5 mi
- Scott Falls: 10.1 mi
- Alger Falls: 18.2 mi
- Wagner Falls: 18.2 mi
- Memorial Falls: 19.0 mi
- Pictured Rocks Interpretive Center: 17.7 mi
- K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum: 18.0 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 18.7 mi
- Munising Heritage Center Museum: 19.0 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 19.2 mi
- Eben Ice Caves: 5.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 17.8 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 18.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls & Gift Shop: 18.3 mi
- McClintock Annex: 19.0 mi
- Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 15.0 mi
- Bay Furnace: 15.3 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 19.0 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 20.8 mi
- Bartlett King: 23.8 mi
- Mount Marquette: 18.8 mi
- Ragged Hills: 21.7 mi
- Kona Hills: 23.0 mi
- Wewe Hills: 23.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 23.9 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 18.9 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 20.2 mi
- Dead River Beach: 20.2 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 20.4 mi
- Miners Beach: 23.5 mi
- Lakenenland: 7.5 mi
- Lakenenland: 7.6 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 19.2 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 20.2 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Black Rocks: 20.4 mi
- The Cut: 24.2 mi
- Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 15.2 mi
- Petes Lake Recreation Area: 24.4 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Breakwater Light: 19.5 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laughing Whitefish Lake Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wewe Hills | W 275° | 493 m | 23.6 mi |
| Ragged Hills | W 279° | 421 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kona Hills | W 279° | 416 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Marquette | WNW 289° | 337 m | 18.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 301° | 317 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:21 | 20:01 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:58 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:48 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:13 | 17:04 |
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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