Lake Gribben
Lake Gribben is a lake in the U.S. state of Michigan, located one mile southeast of the unincorporated community of Palmer. The lake exhibits a distinct orange hue due to its use as a tailings basin in association with open-pit mining operations of the Empire and Tilden iron mines.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Marquette County, Michigan, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lake Gibbon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmer and Gentian.
Palmer
Village
Palmer is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality.
Gentian
Locality
Gentian is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Sands Township. As an unincorporated community, Gentian has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
Lake Gribben
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marquette, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.42261° or 46° 25′ 21″ northLongitude
-87.54146° or 87° 32′ 29″ westElevation
1,211 feet (369 metres)Open location code
86RJCFF5+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 143006473OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tailings_pondOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Gribben from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Gribben” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره جريبين”
- Welsh: “Llyn Gribben”
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