Lily Creek
Lily Creek is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is North Canal Township Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Keweenaw Land Trust
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 5 mi
139 named places within 25 miles
- North Canal Township Park: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Airport Park: 4.3 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Park: 5.1 mi
- Laurn Grove Park: 5.5 mi
- Keweenaw Waterway Scenic Turnout: 5.5 mi
- Franklin School Ruins: 4.5 mi
- Remains of North Quincy (No. 6) Shaft: 4.8 mi
- North Quincy (No. 6) Dry House: 4.9 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 4.9 mi
- Remains of Company Community of Lower Pewabic: 5.1 mi
- Quincy Mine: 5.1 mi
- Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: 6.2 mi
- Paige Wiard: 6.6 mi
- Calumet Union Building: 6.6 mi
- Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum: 6.6 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 4.3 mi
- Old Homestead: 4.5 mi
- Quincy Mine Tours: 5.1 mi
- Creekside Bike Park: 5.3 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 6.9 mi
- Marsin Nature Area: 3.2 mi
- Boston Pond Nature Area: 4.2 mi
- Hungarian Falls Nature Area: 6.7 mi
- Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site: 7.4 mi
- Conglomerate Falls Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Breakers Beach: 2.8 mi
- Calumet Waterworks Beach: 5.1 mi
- Stamp Sand: 8.7 mi
- Stamp Sand: 9.9 mi
- Eagle River Beach: 19.6 mi
- Upper Hungarian Falls: 6.7 mi
- Middle Hungarian Falls: 6.9 mi
- Lower Hungarian Falls: 6.9 mi
- Houghton-Douglass Falls: 7.3 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 19.1 mi
- Rubber Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Arcadian Hill: 5.1 mi
- South Range: 12.2 mi
- Tolonen Hill: 13.1 mi
- Mount Horace Greeley: 22.3 mi
- Aurora Borealis Mural: 6.1 mi
- The Love Wall: 6.1 mi
- The Miner: 6.2 mi
- Gregoryville: 9.1 mi
- Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Clifton: 17.4 mi
- Pewabic Street Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 6.7 mi
- Louis Hill: 8.6 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lily Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horace Greeley | ENE 60° | 470 m | 22.3 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | SSW 204° | 455 m | 13.1 mi |
| South Range | SSW 204° | 433 m | 12.2 mi |
| Arcadian Hill | SSE 148° | 372 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:27 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:07 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 16:15 | 17:08 |
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 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9883851941
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