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Mount Houghton

Mount Houghton, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Houghton rises to 447 m in Michigan. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bete Grise Roadside Park and Beach, a park 1.8 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States of America

Wikidata Q33141499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
447 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.40713, -87.94178

Overlooks nearby

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Bete Grise Roadside Park and Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Lake Medora Public Access: 2.3 mi
  • Mac Frimodig Roadside Park (Abandoned): 2.5 mi
  • Lac La Belle Boating Access Site: 3.8 mi
  • Brockway Mountain Conservation and Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Haven Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Manganese Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Lower Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Montreal Falls - Upper Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Falls: 7.2 mi
Museums: 7
  • Astor House Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Earth works: 5.0 mi
  • The Maritime Museum: 10.8 mi
  • The Keweenaw History Museum: 10.8 mi
  • The Bammert Blacksmith Shop: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The HUB: 6.9 mi
  • The MID: 7.2 mi
  • Skills Park: 7.2 mi
  • Delaware Mine Tour: 7.4 mi
  • Keweenaw Snow Gauge: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Horseshoe Harbor Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Great Sand Bay Conservation and Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyWSW 257°470 m11.0 mi
Gratiot MountainWSW 258°453 m7.8 mi
Mount BohemiaWSW 252°438 m3.5 mi
Brockway MountainNNW 342°403 m4.1 mi
Mount LookoutWNW 291°402 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:2420:04
June solstice05:5621:0521:53
September equinox07:3919:1119:51
December solstice08:3716:1117:04

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353941058

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