Christmas
Christmas is an unincorporated community in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Christmas is located within Au Train Township in Alger County, and is located about 2.2 miles northwest of the city of Munising.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,140 residents
- Description: community in Au Train Township, Alger County, MI
- Also known as: “Au Train Township” and “Christmas, Michigan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light and Munising Front Range Light.
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located off M-28 in Munising Township, Michigan. It is also known as the Bay Furnace Rear Range Light, Christmas Rear Range Light, or End of the Road Light.
Munising Front Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Munising Front Range Light and its matching Munising Rear Range Light replaced the ineffective Grand Island East Channel Light in 1905. These two lights combine to guide boats from the open waters of Lake Superior down the East Channel next to Grand Island into the harbor of Munising. Munising Front Range Light is situated 2½ miles southeast of Christmas.
Munising Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Munising Rear Range Light works with the Munising Front Range Light to project a line of light out into Lake Superior in order to guide boats from the open lake into the safe harbor at Munising, Michigan. Munising Rear Range Light is situated 2½ miles southeast of Christmas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Munising.
Munising
Photo: Stanthejeep, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Munising is a small city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
Christmas
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Au Train Township, Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.43692° or 46° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-86.70191° or 86° 42′ 7″ westPopulation
1,140Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)United Nations Location Code
US 3CHOpen location code
86RMC7PX+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 153513031OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4988833Wikidata ID
Q108266395
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Volapük—“Christmas” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Christmas, Michigan”
- Bavarian: “Christmas”
- Chinese: “克里斯默斯”
- German: “Christmas”
- Volapük: “Christmas”
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