Mount Arvon
Mount Arvon rises to 601 m in Michigan. Mount Curwood stands 600 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartzite Falls, a waterfall 4.7 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Arvon ( ARR-vahn) at 1,979 feet (603 m), is either the highest or second-highest natural point in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, Mount Arvon is part of the Huron Mountains. It rises about eight miles (13 km) south of Lake Superior (elevation 591 feet [180 m]). On the list of highest natural points in each U.S. state, Mount Arvon ranks 38th. It is the highest natural point in the East North Central states. Mount Arvon is a few miles from Mount Curwood, which for years had been designated as Michigan's highest spot until a resurvey in 1982 with modern technology determined that Mount Arvon was 1 foot (0.30 m) taller than Mount Curwood. Mount Arvon is about 12 miles (19 km) east of L'Anse, although it is about a 26-mile (42 km) drive from the village; much of it lies on winding logging roads. The soils of Mount Arvon are classic podzols which have developed on sandy loam glacial till locally overlain with a loamy or silty mantle. The Munising sandy loam-Michigamme silt loam complex is dominant. The property is owned by the MeadWestvaco paper company but public access is allowed. In 2018, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the highest surface elevation in Michigan was the top of the Tilden Mine waste pile in Marquette County near Ishpeming. At the time, the top of the pile was at slightly above 2,000 feet (610 m), more than 20 feet (6.1 m) higher than the summit of Mount Arvon. More recent surveys in 2025 of both peaks determined that Mount Arvon lies 0.4 feet (0.12 m) lower than Mount Curwood.
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Wikidata Q1164979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 601 m
How to reach it
68 named places within 25 miles
- Roland Lake Public Access: 4.9 mi
- Sawyer Lake County Park: 6.6 mi
- Arvon Township Park: 8.7 mi
- Skanee Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Pinery Lakes Ski Trails: 11.1 mi
- Mount Curwood: 5.4 mi
- Pikes Peak: 10.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Mount Benison: 11.9 mi
- Quartzite Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver River Falls: 9.0 mi
- Power House Falls: 13.8 mi
- Tioga Falls: 14.5 mi
- Tioga Park Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Baraga Old Growth Nature Sanctuary: 11.3 mi
- Huron Bay Field Station: 11.4 mi
- Koski Woods: 13.2 mi
- Claus Camp Club: 15.4 mi
- Michigamme Museum: 15.4 mi
- Michigamme Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Ford Historic Sawmill Museum: 17.2 mi
- Alberta Village Museum: 17.4 mi
- Second Sand Beach: 12.4 mi
- First Sand Beach: 12.7 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 13.0 mi
- Mino-kwe jiigibiik: 21.7 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 19.7 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Arvon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Curwood | SW 228° | 600 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Benison | NE 51° | 482 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ives Hill | ENE 72° | 460 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Ida | NE 53° | 456 m | 12.8 mi |
| Huron Mountain | NE 52° | 446 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Homer | ENE 60° | 437 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Ives | ENE 63° | 399 m | 15.6 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | ENE 64° | 385 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:25 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:04 | 21:51 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:52 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 16:16 | 17:08 |
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 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 43 | 29 | 19 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Herman, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1623751 — Mount Arvon, Baraga County, Michigan.
OpenStreetMap element node/354001977
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