Porcupine Peak
Porcupine Peak rises to 530 m in Michigan. Summit Peak stands 595 m to the northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlooked Falls, a waterfall 2.4 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Michigan, United States of America
Wikidata Q33144179, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 530 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- Black River County Park: 10.0 mi
- 107th Engineers Memorial Wayside: 13.6 mi
- Ontonagon County Park: 14.4 mi
- Eddy Park: 14.8 mi
- Molessa County Park: 16.4 mi
- Overlooked Falls: 2.4 mi
- Greenstone Falls: 2.6 mi
- Trappers Falls: 3.5 mi
- Explorers Falls: 3.6 mi
- Iagoo Falls: 4.7 mi
- Summit Peak: 5.4 mi
- LaFayette Peak: 6.4 mi
- Green Mountain Peak: 7.2 mi
- Miscowawbic Peak: 7.3 mi
- Government Peak: 8.6 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 15.2 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 18.1 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 22.2 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 17.4 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 23.0 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 16.7 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 22.6 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 16.1 mi
- Gogebic Lake State Park: 20.7 mi
- Marenisco Veterans Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Union Spring: 11.8 mi
- Sand Dunes: 17.7 mi
- Lake Gogebic State Park Beach: 20.9 mi
- Bobcat Lake Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Porcupine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | NE 43° | 595 m | 5.4 mi |
| Government Peak | NE 41° | 559 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | SSE 168° | 553 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Zion | SW 226° | 525 m | 21.0 mi |
| Alligator Eye | SE 142° | 481 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cuyahoga Peak | NE 36° | 480 m | 10.7 mi |
| Copper Peak | WSW 242° | 472 m | 12.9 mi |
| Cloud Peak | NE 34° | 459 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:03 | 19:32 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 21:10 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:47 | 19:19 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 16:23 | 17:15 |
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 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 18 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bergland DAM, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 635254 — Porcupine Peak, Ontonagon County, Michigan.
OpenStreetMap element node/353961355
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