Mount Zion
Mount Zion rises to 525 m in Michigan. Mount Whittlesey stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zion Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q33141670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 525 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
93 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Zion Park: 0.1 mi
- Gogebic County Fairgrounds: 1.2 mi
- Curry Park: 1.2 mi
- Longyear Park: 1.4 mi
- Kuitunen Park: 1.5 mi
- Interstate Falls: 1.5 mi
- Algonquin Falls: 10.6 mi
- Saxon Falls Road: 10.8 mi
- Great Conglomerate Falls: 11.9 mi
- Potawatomi Falls: 12.4 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Copper Peak: 9.3 mi
- Point Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Pleasant Lake Lookout: 18.4 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 6.0 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 14.9 mi
- Moose Lake State Natural Area: 18.5 mi
- Mercer Station: 21.9 mi
- Caroline Lake State Natural Area: 22.8 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 10.8 mi
- Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum: 24.9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 2.4 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 4.4 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 12.3 mi
- Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 1.4 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 1.6 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 6.7 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 1.9 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 4.1 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 10.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Zion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whittlesey | WSW 241° | 571 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | SSW 209° | 570 m | 18.4 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | E 97° | 553 m | 19.1 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | NE 46° | 530 m | 21.0 mi |
| Copper Peak | NNE 23° | 472 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 308° | 399 m | 10.1 mi |
| Point Mountain | NW 319° | 381 m | 9.5 mi |
| Big Powderhorn Mountain | ENE 61° | 366 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:11 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Menominee).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ironwood, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353988441
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