Pointe aux Barques
Pointe aux Barques is a cape in Huron, Michigan. Pointe aux Barques is situated nearby to the hamlet Point Aux Barques, as well as near the village Port Austin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turnip Rock and Port Austin Light.
Turnip Rock
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. The population was 664 at the 2010 census. 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.
Pointe aux Barques
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Transit Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Huron, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.06757° or 44° 4′ 3″ northLongitude
-82.96289° or 82° 57′ 46″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
86PV329P+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 12343908786OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4984993
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Pointe aux Barques” goes by many names.
- French: “Pointe Aux Barques”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Pointe Aux Barques”
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