Hennepin Point

Hennepin Point is a cape in Mackinac, Michigan. Hennepin Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Mackinac, as well as near the neighborhood Four Corners.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Holmes and Skull Cave.

Fort Holmes

Fort

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Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814 by British forces during the War of 1812, the redoubt was improved by that army throughout the course of the war to help defend the adjacent Fort Mackinac from a possible attack by the U.S. Army.

Skull Cave

Cave

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Skull Cave is a small and shallow cave on the central heights of Mackinac Island in Michigan, United States. The cave was carved during the Algonquin post-glacial period by the waters of Lake Algonquin, a swollen meltwater ancestor of today's Lake Huron.

Sugar Loaf

Sugar Loaf is a 75-foot-high landlocked rock or stack in the interior of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Created by erosion during the period of postglacial Lake Algonquin, Sugar Loaf is the largest post-glacial erosion feature in the Straits of Mackinac.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Mackinac and Mackinac Island.

Fort Mackinac

Hamlet

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Fort Mackinac is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island

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Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle".

British Landing

Hamlet

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British Landing is a place within Mackinac Island, Michigan and is located on the shore of Mackinac Island, two miles northwest of the island's downtown and harbor.

Hennepin Point

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Mackinac, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.86157° or 45° 51′ 42″ north

Longitude

-84.60943° or 84° 36′ 34″ west

Elevation

607 feet (185 metres)

Open location code

86QQV96R+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7235203570

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

7152401

Wikidata ID

Q34925611

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In Other Languages

“Hennepin Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hennepin Point”

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