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Port Hope Michigan 48468 zipcode area information guide

Port Hope Michigan 48468 is located in Huron County.

Port Hope Michigan is a village in Huron County within Rubicon Township.

Interesting Facts about Port Hope Michigan

The latitude of Port Hope is 43.940N. The longitude is -82.712W. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 610 feet.

Port Hope, Michigan, in Huron county, is 71 miles NE of Saginaw, Michigan and 112 miles N of Detroit, Michigan.

The People and Families of Port Hope

The estimated population, is about 300

Phone Area Code is 989

Port Hope Michigan weather information:

• The warmest month is July
• The highest recorded temperature was 100°F in 1995.
• The coolest month is January
• The lowest recorded temperature was -19°F in 1982
• September is the rainiest month

The Pointe Aux Barques lighthouse is located 5-miles north of Port Hope. It's named for the point at the tip of Michigan's Thumb, and both are named after the small boats used by French fur traders, seen in great numbers rounding the Thumb. Opened in 1848, rebuilt in 1857, and still a working lighthouse, it marks shallow water and serves as a navigation aid for upbound ships approaching Saginaw Bay. The keeper's house is a museum. There is a hiking trail, picnic area, playground, and a campground by the lighthouse.

On the shore of Lake Huron the Haunted Mill is just left standing which was abandoned and the ghosts remain in the mill.

Michigan was admitted into the Union in 1837 as the 26th state

Michigan is called the "Great Lakes State" because its shores touch four of the five Great Lakes.

Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning "large lake."

Michigan has an unusual geography, because it consists of two land masses which are the Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula.

Detroit is Michigan's largest city, and also known worldwide as the center of the American auto industry.

The apple blossom is the state flower, the robin is the state bird and Lansing is the capital.

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