Big Rock
Big Rock rises to 448 m in Michigan. Military Hill stands 560 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Paulding Light, a attraction 1.0 miles away. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Michigan, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 448 m
How to reach it
63 named places within 25 miles
- Bond Falls Scenic Site: 3.8 mi
- Bond Falls Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
- County Line Lake Public Access: 5.2 mi
- Maple Grove Park: 6.8 mi
- Agate Falls Scenic Area: 9.1 mi
- Upper Bond Falls: 3.9 mi
- Bond Falls: 3.9 mi
- Agate Falls: 9.2 mi
- Kakabika Falls: 13.1 mi
- Konteka Falls: 19.8 mi
- Sylvania Wilderness: 11.2 mi
- Gogebic Lake State Park: 19.7 mi
- Vilas County Forest- Muskrat Creek Unit: 20.1 mi
- Vilas County Forest- White Squaw Unit: 20.3 mi
- Forests for the Future #15 Conservation Reserve: 22.1 mi
- Wisconsin River Headwaters: 15.5 mi
- Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 15.5 mi
- North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 15.9 mi
- Summerwind Mansion: 16.2 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 16.8 mi
- Clark Lake Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Langford Lake Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Bobcat Lake Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Bob Lake Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Alligator Eye: 18.5 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 19.2 mi
- Military Hill: 21.1 mi
- South Military Hill: 23.1 mi
- North Military Hill: 23.5 mi
- Northern Waters Museum: 14.2 mi
- Phelps Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 23.6 mi
- Paulding Light: 1.0 mi
- The Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 13.5 mi
- Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 19.6 mi
- Gibbs City: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Hill | SSE 167° | 560 m | 21.1 mi |
| Alligator Eye | WNW 285° | 481 m | 18.5 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | ENE 66° | 441 m | 19.2 mi |
| South Military Hill | N 4° | 293 m | 23.1 mi |
| North Military Hill | N 0° | 292 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:30 | 20:09 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 21:07 | 21:53 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:56 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 16:22 | 17:13 |
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 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2099923 — Big Rock, Ontonagon County, Michigan.
OpenStreetMap element node/354008531
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