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Bond Falls Scenic Site

Bond Falls Scenic Site from directly overhead

Bond Falls Scenic Site is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 442 m. Military Hill stands 560 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Bond Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.40739, -89.13337

62 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 16
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Bond Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Bond Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Agate Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 15.9 mi
Peaks: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 13.0 mi
  • Wisconsin River Headwaters: 18.8 mi
  • Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 18.8 mi
  • Lac Vieux Desert: 19.8 mi
  • Summerwind Mansion: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 3
Attractions: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bond Falls Scenic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Military HillS 174°560 m23.7 mi
Alligator EyeW 275°481 m20.2 mi
Big RockSW 216°448 m3.8 mi
Haystack MountainENE 73°441 m16.0 mi
C Shaft HillN 356°422 m22.6 mi
South Military HillN 359°293 m20.0 mi
North Military HillN 354°292 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0019:2920:09
June solstice06:0521:0721:53
September equinox07:4419:1619:56
December solstice08:3816:2217:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121424375161656356433018
Precip in1.51.21.62.83.43.74.03.33.63.72.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage20 obs
  • Mallard19 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing13 obs
  • common selfheal11 obs
  • bluebead lily11 obs
  • orange hawkweed11 obs
  • white turtlehead10 obs
  • cutleaf coneflower10 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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OpenStreetMap element way/950017921

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