Baraga State Park
Baraga State Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Baraga County Historical Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 25 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Copper Country Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Keweenaw Waterway Lookout · 26 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- Baraga Marina Park: 1.3 mi
- L'Anse Township Park: 3.4 mi
- Pinery Lakes Ski Trails: 5.3 mi
- Baraga Cliff Roadside Park: 7.5 mi
- Second Sand Beach Park: 9.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Pikes Peak: 9.0 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Mount Curwood: 13.0 mi
- Silver Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Power House Falls: 3.1 mi
- Ogemaw Falls: 7.8 mi
- Silver River Falls: 8.0 mi
- Canyon Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sturgeon Falls: 12.3 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Ford Historic Sawmill Museum: 8.2 mi
- Alberta Village Museum: 8.3 mi
- Chassell Heritage Center: 18.7 mi
- Copper Range Historical Museum: 22.3 mi
- First Sand Beach: 8.1 mi
- Second Sand Beach: 9.1 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 9.7 mi
- Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 18.7 mi
- Skills Zone: 24.8 mi
- Bayside Bike Park: 24.8 mi
- Bob Lake Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Courtney Lake Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 14.7 mi
- Wadsworth Garden: 24.7 mi
- Michigan Tech War Memorial Wall: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baraga State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | E 91° | 601 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Curwood | ESE 108° | 600 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tolonen Hill | NNW 334° | 455 m | 21.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SW 217° | 441 m | 24.8 mi |
| South Range | NNW 336° | 433 m | 21.7 mi |
| Silver Mountain | WSW 240° | 398 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Kallio | SSW 203° | 397 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 69° | 361 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:27 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 21:05 | 21:52 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 16:17 | 17:09 |
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 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baraga 7NW, 7 mi away.
- Common Merganser24 obs
- tansy20 obs
- Mallard16 obs
- Common Goldeneye15 obs
- Bald Eagle11 obs
- American Herring Gull10 obs
- Bufflehead9 obs
- Canada Goose8 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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