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Gratiot Mountain

Gratiot Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Gratiot Mountain rises to 453 m in Michigan. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gratiot Lake Overlook Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33139036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
453 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.38436, -88.10511

Overlooks nearby

115 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Gratiot Lake Public Access: 1.9 mi
  • Haven Park and Waterfall: 3.6 mi
  • Lac La Belle Boating Access Site: 4.2 mi
  • Lake Bailey Public Access: 5.4 mi
  • Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 16
Waterfalls: 13
  • Haven Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Silver Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Jacobs Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Ten Foot Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Eagle River Falls: 9.1 mi
Museums: 12
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 5.8 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 5.8 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 8.0 mi
  • Eagle River Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Gay Schoolhouse Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 2.8 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 9.4 mi
  • The HUB: 14.6 mi
  • The MID: 14.8 mi
  • Skills Park: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyWSW470 m3.2 mi
Mount HoughtonENE447 m7.8 mi
Mount BohemiaE438 m4.3 mi
Brockway MountainNE403 m8.4 mi
Mount LookoutN402 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2520:05
June solstice05:5621:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:52
December solstice08:3816:1217:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212028384958656558473626
Precip in1.91.11.22.22.82.52.52.33.12.71.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Harbor, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353988831

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