A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum and more: what to see in Houghton
We list 2 places to visit inside Houghton and 3 within 40 miles. They include 2 museums, a mountain and a national historical park. Each year, some 35K people go to Keweenaw National Historical Park. Further afield, Lake Superior is 48 mi from the centre.
Lake Superior
Largest of the Great Lakes of North America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
The map stretches to Mount Bohemia, 32 mi away.
Orange: Houghton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it
The 2 inside Houghton come first, then 7 more within 60 miles.
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4Isle Royale National Park
United States National Park on Isle Royale in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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7Keweenaw National Historical Park
U.S. national park in Michigan.
The places inside Houghton lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Houghton →
Photo credits
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Superior: NASA, Public domain · Isle Royale National Park: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Arvon: Yinan Chen, Public Domain · Bond Falls: Mr.Z-man, Public domain · Keweenaw National Historical Park: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0
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