LaFayette Peak
LaFayette Peak rises to 404 m in Michigan. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33140390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Shining Cloud Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bathtub Falls: 2.8 mi
- Greenstone Falls: 3.8 mi
- Trader's Falls: 3.8 mi
- Overlooked Falls: 4.1 mi
- 107th Engineers Memorial Wayside: 9.3 mi
- Black River County Park: 13.7 mi
- Ontonagon County Park: 18.5 mi
- Eddy Park: 21.1 mi
- Molessa County Park: 22.1 mi
- Green Mountain Peak: 0.9 mi
- Miscowawbic Peak: 1.3 mi
- Summit Peak: 3.3 mi
- Government Peak: 4.4 mi
- Cloud Peak: 4.9 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 21.7 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 23.4 mi
- Ontonagon County Historical Society Museum: 24.8 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 21.5 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 24.0 mi
- Union Spring: 7.8 mi
- Sand Dunes: 13.8 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 22.8 mi
- Ontonagon Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of LaFayette Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | SE 133° | 595 m | 3.3 mi |
| Government Peak | E 86° | 559 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | S 174° | 553 m | 23.4 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | SSW 192° | 530 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cuyahoga Peak | ENE 65° | 480 m | 5.6 mi |
| Copper Peak | SW 226° | 472 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cloud Peak | ENE 63° | 459 m | 4.9 mi |
| Miscowawbic Peak | NE 54° | 438 m | 1.3 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 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:47 | 19:19 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 16:23 | 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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353945343
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