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Mount Horace Greeley

Mount Horace Greeley, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Horace Greeley rises to 470 m in Michigan. Gratiot Mountain stands 453 m to the east-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gratiot Lake Overlook Nature Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Highest point in Keweenaw County

The story

mountain in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States of America

Wikidata Q33141494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
470 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.37031, -88.17084

Overlooks nearby

131 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Gratiot Lake Public Access: 1.9 mi
  • Copper Falls Park: 4.4 mi
  • Boggio’s Fishing Hole Park: 5.9 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Public Square Complex: 6.0 mi
  • Cliff Street Park: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 22
Waterfalls: 13
  • Jacobs Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Ten Foot Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Eagle River Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Haven Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Silver Falls: 7.9 mi
Museums: 13
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 5.2 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 6.2 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle River Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Gay Schoolhouse Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 5.0 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 6.3 mi
  • Prospector's Paradise - Rock Shop: 12.8 mi
  • WPA Stone Boat: 13.6 mi
  • The HUB: 17.8 mi
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Breakers Beach: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Wadsworth Garden: 24.8 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gratiot MountainENE 72°453 m3.2 mi
Mount HoughtonENE 77°447 m11.0 mi
Mount BohemiaENE 79°438 m7.5 mi
Brockway MountainNE 55°403 m11.4 mi
Mount LookoutNNE 31°402 m6.2 mi
Arcadian HillSW 227°372 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5719:2520:05
June solstice05:5721:0621:54
September equinox07:4019:1219:52
December solstice08:3816:1317:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353940650

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