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Norway Spring

Norway Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Norway Spring is a spring in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Millie Hill stands 475 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Norway Spring Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Artesian Fountain Ice cold all natural artesian fountain

How to reach it

Coordinates45.79640, -87.92670

85 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
  • Norway Spring Park: 0.0 mi
  • Norway Myr: 0.8 mi
  • Sledding Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Norway Hill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Band Shell Park: 1.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fumee Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Fumee Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Eighteen Foot Falls: 17.5 mi
  • LaSalle Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 6
Museums: 5
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Steele Monument: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Antoine Beach: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millie HillWNW 287°475 m5.9 mi
Pine MountainWNW 289°462 m7.9 mi
Trader HillNW 309°445 m6.0 mi
Briar HillESE 102°403 m3.1 mi
Iron HillNE 51°358 m1.8 mi
Chalk HillSSE 161°253 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2519:04
June solstice05:0320:0020:46
September equinox06:3918:1218:51
December solstice07:3115:2016:10

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141728415464696759453321
Precip in1.41.11.72.83.53.73.43.43.63.31.91.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iron Mtn-kingsford Wwtp, 8 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,7381,8432,2223,8873,6592,3901,8011,4751,6161,8221,7771,743

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Menominee River AT Niagara, WI, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Mallard4 obs
  • Song Sparrow4 obs
  • blue vervain3 obs
  • swamp milkweed3 obs
  • American Goldfinch3 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
  • American Robin2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2351683035

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