Mount Arvon

Mount Arvon (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) at Template:Convert, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, Mount Arvon is part of the Huron Mountains. It rises about Template:Convert south of Lake Superior (elevation Template:Convert). On the list of highest natural points in each U.S. state, Mount Arvon ranks 38th.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is the highest natural point in the East North Central states.

Mount Arvon is a few miles from Mount Curwood, which for years had been designated as Michigan's highest spot until a resurvey in 1982 with modern technology determined that Mount Arvon is Template:Convert taller than Mount Curwood. Mount Arvon is about Template:Convert east of L'Anse, although it is about a Template:Convert drive from the city; much of it lies on winding logging roads.

The soils of Mount Arvon are classic podzols which have developed on sandy loam glacial till locally overlain with a loamy or silty mantle. The Munising sandy loam-Michigamme silt loam complex is dominant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The property is owned by the MeadWestvaco paper company but public access is allowed.Template:Cn

In 2018, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the highest surface elevation in Michigan was the top of the Tilden Mine waste pile in Marquette County near Ishpeming. At the time, the top of the pile was at slightly above Template:Convert, more than Template:Convert higher than the summit of Mount Arvon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  Mount Arvon viewed from the north.

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  View from Mount Arvon to Lake Superior, May 2014.

See also

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• List of U.S. states by elevation

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