Arcadian
Arcadian is a hamlet in Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan. Arcadian is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Pewabic, as well as near Paavola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw and Portage Lake District Library.
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Museum
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The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw is situated 2½ miles south of Arcadian.
Portage Lake District Library
Library
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Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships. The Portage Lake District Library participates in the Michigan eLibrary and is a member of the Superiorland Library Cooperative. Portage Lake District Library is situated 2½ miles south of Arcadian.
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Bridge
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The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest. Portage Lake Lift Bridge is situated 2½ miles south of Arcadian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin Mine and Ripley.
Franklin Mine
Hamlet
Franklin Mine is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States. The area is on Quincy Hill, northeast of Hancock, and lying partially within Quincy Township and partially within Franklin Township.
Ripley
Hamlet
Ripley is a small, unincorporated community in Franklin Township situated upon a slope, just east of Hancock on M-26 and across the Portage Lake Canal from Houghton. Ripley is situated 2 miles south of Arcadian.
Hancock
Town
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Houghton and Hancock are a pair of small towns in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, and home to Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University. Hancock is situated 2½ miles southwest of Arcadian.
Arcadian
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Franklin Township, Houghton, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.15576° or 47° 9′ 21″ northLongitude
-88.55596° or 88° 33′ 21″ westElevation
1,135 feet (346 metres)Open location code
86VH5C4V+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 153741816OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4984343
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