Government Peak
Government Peak rises to 559 m in Michigan. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloud Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33139009, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 559 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Trap Falls: 2.0 mi
- Nonesuch Falls: 5.6 mi
- Overlooked Falls: 6.2 mi
- Greenstone Falls: 6.3 mi
- Shining Cloud Falls: 6.7 mi
- 107th Engineers Memorial Wayside: 5.2 mi
- Ontonagon County Park: 16.9 mi
- Black River County Park: 17.6 mi
- River Road RV Park & Campground: 20.3 mi
- Ontonagon Riverfront Park: 20.3 mi
- Cloud Peak: 2.0 mi
- Cuyahoga Peak: 2.2 mi
- Summit Peak: 3.2 mi
- Miscowawbic Peak: 3.4 mi
- LaFayette Peak: 4.4 mi
- Ontonagon County Historical Society Museum: 20.5 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 23.5 mi
- Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 24.4 mi
- Ontonagon Township Park Beach: 21.6 mi
- Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 23.9 mi
- Gogebic Lake State Park: 23.7 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 24.7 mi
- Union Spring: 3.5 mi
- Sand Dunes: 9.6 mi
- Ontonagon Lighthouse: 20.1 mi
- Oak Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 23.3 mi
- Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Government Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | SW 218° | 595 m | 3.2 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | S 185° | 553 m | 23.7 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | SW 221° | 530 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cuyahoga Peak | NNE 19° | 480 m | 2.2 mi |
| Copper Peak | SW 234° | 472 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cloud Peak | N 1° | 459 m | 2.0 mi |
| Miscowawbic Peak | W 278° | 438 m | 3.4 mi |
| LaFayette Peak | W 266° | 404 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:03 | 19:32 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 21:10 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:46 | 19:19 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 16:22 | 17:14 |
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 | 23 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 18 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bergland DAM, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353934732
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