Bates Fire Tower

Bates Fire 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 attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Bates Fire Tower

Season: October to February.

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 Bates Fire Tower — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.10181, -88.53987. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bates Fire Tower

• Chicagon Lake · lake · Iron · ~7 km · Must-see
• Bewabic State Park · sanctuary · Iron · ~11 km · Must-see
• Hagerman Lake · lake · Forest · ~24 km · Must-see
• Brule Lake · lake · Vilas · ~30 km · Must-see
• Brule Lake · lake · Iron · ~30 km · Must-see
• Peavy Pond · lake · Florence · ~35 km · Must-see
• Peavy Pond · lake · Iron · ~35 km · Must-see
• Long Lake Lookout Tower · lake · Florence · ~37 km · Must-see
• Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area · lake · Florence · ~40 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest - Eagle River-Florence District · sanctuary · Forest · ~44 km · Must-see
• Montgomery Lake · lake · Florence · ~45 km · Must-see
• Franklin Lake · lake · Forest · ~50 km · Must-see
• Rice Bay · beach · Gogebic · ~52 km · Must-see
• Haymeadow Flowage State Natural Area · sanctuary · Forest · ~53 km · Must-see
• Headwaters Wilderness - Kimball Creek Unit · sanctuary · Forest · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lac Vieux Desert · lake · Vilas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Corpse Pond · lake · Ontonagon · ~56 km · Must-see
• Corpse Pond · lake · Vilas · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bates Fire Tower

Other other attractions near Bates Fire Tower

• Paulding Light · attraction · Ontonagon · ~70 km · Must-see
• WOAS-FM (Ontonagon) · attraction · Ontonagon · ~130 km · Must-see
• Hotel Point · attraction · Iron · ~33 km
• Resort Lake · attraction · Menominee · ~117 km
• Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light · attraction · Vilas · ~121 km
• Jacobsville Lighthouse · attraction · Vilas · ~122 km
• Marquette Harbor Light · attraction · Florence · ~128 km
• Huron Island Light · attraction · Florence · ~130 km
• Ontonagon Light · attraction · Wisconsin · ~131 km
• Union Spring · attraction · Ontonagon · ~145 km

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