Alaska Bay

Alaska Bay is a bay in Huron, Michigan. Alaska Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Point Aux Barques, as well as near Pointe aux Barques.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turnip Rock and Port Austin Light.

Turnip Rock

Photo: thumbwind, CC BY 2.0.

Turnip Rock is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a stack located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small peninsula in Pointe Aux Barques Township which in turn is the extreme tip of The Thumb, a large peninsula comprising several counties in eastern Michigan.

Port Austin Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Charles Bash, CC BY 2.0.

Port Austin Lighthouse is a lighthouse off the shore of Lake Huron, about 2.5 miles north of Port Austin, Huron County Michigan sitting on a rocky reef, which is just north of the tip of the Thumb and a real hazard to navigation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Austin and Grindstone City Historic District.

Port Austin

Village

Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.

Port Austin is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Port Austin had a population of 622. The village is within Port Austin Township.

Grindstone City Historic District

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grindstone City Historic District is an industrial historic district located on M-25 in Grindstone City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Alaska Bay

Type: Bay
Address: MI
Category: body of water
Location: Huron, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.06446° or 44° 3′ 52″ north

Longitude

-82.95161° or 82° 57′ 6″ west

Elevation

581 feet (177 metres)

Open location code

86PV327X+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369018970

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4983888

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Satellite Map

Discover Alaska Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Point Aux Barques and Pointe aux Barques.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Williams Chapel and Pointe Aux Barques Golf Course.

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