Laughing White Fish Falls
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Laughing White Fish Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 286 m. Wewe Hills stands 493 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park is a public recreation area protecting 960 acres (390 ha) along the Laughing Whitefish River in Onota Township and Rock River Township, in far western Alger County, Michigan. Its main scenic feature is Laughing Whitefish Falls, a 100-foot fan-shaped cascade located in the southern part of the site, in Rock River Township, eight miles (13 km) south of Lake Superior and three miles north of M-94.
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Wikidata Q37747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
122 named places within 25 miles
- Alger County Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 7.4 mi
- Skandia West Side Park: 8.1 mi
- Deer Lake Roadside Park: 8.4 mi
- Tyoga Pathway: 9.2 mi
- Scott Falls: 12.7 mi
- Morgan Falls: 19.5 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 19.8 mi
- Alger Falls: 20.1 mi
- Wagner Falls: 20.1 mi
- K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum: 15.3 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 18.5 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 18.9 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 19.0 mi
- Forsyth Township Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
- Eben Ice Caves: 6.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 15.0 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 15.5 mi
- McClintock Annex: 18.7 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 18.8 mi
- Hiawatha National Forest Monument: 16.0 mi
- Bay Furnace: 17.8 mi
- D.S.S.&A. Ore Dock #1: 18.7 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 20.3 mi
- Bartlett King: 23.9 mi
- Mount Marquette: 18.1 mi
- Ragged Hills: 20.5 mi
- Kona Hills: 21.6 mi
- Wewe Hills: 22.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 23.9 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 18.8 mi
- Dead River Beach: 20.2 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 20.6 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 22.6 mi
- Lakenenland: 8.4 mi
- Lakenenland: 8.5 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 18.8 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 20.1 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 20.4 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Black Rocks: 20.7 mi
- The Cut: 24.2 mi
- Bay Furnace Day Use Site: 17.7 mi
- Petes Lake Recreation Area: 24.8 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Breakwater Light: 19.6 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laughing White Fish Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wewe Hills | WNW 283° | 493 m | 22.0 mi |
| Ragged Hills | WNW 288° | 421 m | 20.5 mi |
| Kona Hills | WNW 287° | 416 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Marquette | WNW 300° | 337 m | 18.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 310° | 317 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:21 | 20:01 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:58 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:48 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:14 | 17:05 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham EXP Farm 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1579504650
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