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Lower Hungarian Falls

Lower Hungarian Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Hungarian Falls is a waterfall in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Mount Horace Greeley stands 470 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Hungarian Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Copper Country Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 163 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.17147, -88.44717

Overlooks nearby

163 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Tamarack City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Airport Park: 2.8 mi
  • George Gipp Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • George Gipp Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
  • Daniell Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Ahmeek Stamp Mill Ruins: 0.6 mi
  • Float Copper: 4.9 mi
  • Alexander Agassiz Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Italian Hall Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
  • Franklin School Ruins: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Bayside Bike Park: 4.8 mi
  • Skills Zone: 4.9 mi
  • Cathedral Pines: 5.3 mi
  • Old Homestead: 5.4 mi
  • Quincy Mine Tours: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Calumet Waterworks Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Breakers Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Stamp Sand: 14.5 mi
  • Stamp Sand: 15.4 mi
  • Eagle River Beach: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Peaks: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Wadsworth Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Pewabic Street Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Horace GreeleyNE 43°470 m18.9 mi
Tolonen HillSW 231°455 m15.0 mi
Gratiot MountainNE 47°453 m21.8 mi
South RangeSW 233°433 m14.2 mi
Arcadian HillWSW 246°372 m4.0 mi
Pikes PeakSSE 168°346 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:2620:06
June solstice05:5921:0621:54
September equinox07:4119:1319:53
December solstice08:3816:1517:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161725375060656456443222

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock Houghton CO AP, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs22.020.545.917283.036.321.616.120.531.736.828.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Trap Rock River Near Lake Linden, MI, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/1582156751

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