Lookout Tower

Lookout Tower: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lookout Tower

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lookout Tower — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.16720, -88.60310. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lookout Tower

• Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Houghton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw · museum · Houghton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Saint Ignatius Loyala Church · church · Houghton · ~7 km · Must-see
• North Canal Township Park · park · Houghton · ~9 km · Must-see
• McLain State Park · sanctuary · Houghton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light · fort · Michigan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Redridge Steel Dam · lake · Houghton · ~15 km · Must-see
• Torch Lake · lake · Houghton · ~16 km · Must-see
• Italian Hall Memorial Park · park · Houghton · ~18 km · Must-see
• Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum · museum · Houghton · ~18 km · Must-see
• Torch Bay · beach · Houghton · ~18 km · Must-see
• Big Annie Statue · attraction · Houghton · ~18 km · Must-see
• Robert T. Brown Plant Preserve · sanctuary · Houghton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Black Creek Nature Sanctuary · sanctuary · Keweenaw · ~26 km · Must-see
• Agate Beach · beach · Houghton · ~35 km · Must-see
• Thayer Lake · lake · Keweenaw · ~36 km · Must-see
• Sand Hills Lighthouse · fort · Keweenaw · ~38 km · Must-see
• Church of the Assumption · church · Keweenaw · ~44 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lookout Tower

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Lookout Tower

• Mount Bohemia · viewpoint · Keweenaw · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Florence · ~66 km · Must-see
• Mount Arvon · viewpoint · Florence · ~71 km · Must-see
• Mount Arvon · viewpoint · Baraga · ~71 km · Must-see
• Brockway Mountain · viewpoint · Keweenaw · ~73 km · Must-see
• Mount Curwood · viewpoint · Baraga · ~73 km · Must-see
• Mount Desor · viewpoint · Keweenaw · ~116 km · Must-see
• Arcadian Hill · viewpoint · Houghton · ~8 km
• Tolonen Hill · viewpoint · Houghton · ~20 km
• Louis Hill · viewpoint · Houghton · ~21 km

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