Mount Curwood
Mount Curwood rises to 600 m in Michigan. Mount Arvon stands 601 m to the northeast, 5.4 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Curwood, elevation 1,978 feet (603 m), in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, is either the highest or second-highest natural point in the U.S. state of Michigan. Mount Curwood is a part of the Huron Mountains range. Named in honor of Michigan author James Oliver Curwood, Mount Curwood was long designated as Michigan's highest point until a survey in 1982 with modern technology determined that nearby Mount Arvon was the highest point in Michigan at 1,979 feet (603 m)—one foot taller than Mount Curwood. More recent surveys of both peaks, taken in 2025, determined that Mount Curwood is instead 0.4 feet (12 cm) higher than Mount Arvon.
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Wikidata Q3321791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 600 m
How to reach it
68 named places within 25 miles
- Pinery Lakes Ski Trails: 8.5 mi
- Sawyer Lake County Park: 8.6 mi
- Roland Lake Public Access: 8.7 mi
- Tioga Creek State Roadside Park: 10.1 mi
- Tioga Falls State Roadside Park: 10.1 mi
- Mount Arvon: 5.4 mi
- Pikes Peak: 9.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 15.6 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Lightfoot Bay Nature Sanctuary: 14.0 mi
- Huron Bay Field Station: 14.6 mi
- Forests for the Future #2 Conservation Reserve: 15.6 mi
- Baraga Old Growth Nature Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
- Forests for the Future #5 Conservation Reserve: 16.6 mi
- Quartzite Falls: 5.9 mi
- Silver River Falls: 7.7 mi
- Tioga Falls: 9.2 mi
- Power House Falls: 10.0 mi
- Tioga Park Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ford Historic Sawmill Museum: 12.1 mi
- Alberta Village Museum: 12.3 mi
- Baraga County Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Michigamme Museum: 13.1 mi
- Michigamme Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
- First Sand Beach: 12.2 mi
- Second Sand Beach: 12.4 mi
- Rock Beach Point: 13.2 mi
- Keweenaw Lower Entrance Light: 20.5 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Curwood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arvon | NE 48° | 601 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Benison | NE 50° | 482 m | 17.3 mi |
| Ives Hill | ENE 66° | 460 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Ida | NE 51° | 456 m | 18.2 mi |
| Huron Mountain | NE 51° | 446 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Homer | ENE 56° | 437 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Ives | ENE 59° | 399 m | 20.8 mi |
| Silver Mountain | W 264° | 398 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:26 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 21:04 | 21:51 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 16:17 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353988523
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