Point Aux Barques
Point Aux Barques is a hamlet in Huron, Michigan. Point Aux Barques is situated nearby to the hamlet Pointe aux Barques, as well as near Grindstone City Historic District.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. Port Austin Light is situated 2 miles northwest of Point Aux Barques.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grindstone City Historic District and Port Austin.
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. Grindstone City Historic District is situated 2½ miles east of Point Aux Barques.
Port Austin
Village
Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.
Port Austin is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Port Austin had a population of 622. The village is within Port Austin Township. Port Austin is situated 2½ miles southwest of Point Aux Barques.
Point Aux Barques
- Type: Hamlet
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Huron, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.06395° or 44° 3′ 50″ northLongitude
-82.95055° or 82° 57′ 2″ westOpen location code
86PV327X+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 984326772OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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