Middle Island Point

Middle Island Point is a cape in Marquette, Michigan. Middle Island Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Sugar Loaf, as well as near the village Trowbridge Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Presque Isle Park and Presque Isle Power Plant.

Presque Isle Park

Park

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Presque Isle Park is a 323-acre public park located in Marquette, Michigan, United States. The park is northwest of Marquette itself on an oval-shaped peninsula reaching out into Lake Superior, called the 'Island' locally.

Presque Isle Power Plant

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The Presque Isle Power Plant was a coal power plant located at Marquette, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior. The plant has 5 inactive generating units with a total net generating capacity of 431 Megawatts.

Superior Dome

Sports venue

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The Superior Dome is a domed stadium on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It opened as the "world’s largest wooden dome" on September 14, 1991, and is home to the Northern Michigan Wildcats football, women's lacrosse, and women's track and field teams, the NMU Wildcat marching band, and hosts a variety of other campus and community events. Superior Dome is situated 2½ miles south of Middle Island Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trowbridge Park and Marquette.

Trowbridge Park

Village

Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. Trowbridge Park is situated 3 miles southwest of Middle Island Point.

Marquette

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Marquette is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range.

Middle Island Point

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Marquette, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.59299° or 46° 35′ 35″ north

Longitude

-87.40958° or 87° 24′ 35″ west

Elevation

696 feet (212 metres)

Open location code

86RJHHVR+55

GeoNames ID

5001890

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Satellite Map

Discover Middle Island Point from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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