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The Lower Peninsula is a part of the Great Lakes Plain, which include large parts of Wisconsin and Ohio. [8] At its widest points, the Lower Peninsula is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km) from east to west. It contains nearly two-thirds of Michigan's total land area.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Good Harbor Bay; Grand Traverse Bay; Grand Traverse Bay (Lake Superior) Green Bay (Lake Michigan) H. Hammond Bay; Huron ...
The state averages from 30–40 inches (76–102 centimetres) of precipitation annually. Snow cover tends to be intermittent in the southern part of the state, but persistent in northern Lower Michigan and especially in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
Detroit Harbor (bay) G. Good Harbor Bay; Grand Traverse Bay; Green Bay (Lake Michigan) L. Little Bay de Noc; Little Traverse Bay; P. Platte Bay; S. Sleeping Bear Bay ...
The following is a list of islands of Michigan. Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska. Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may contain their own islands included in this list. The ...
Little Traverse Bay (/ ˈ t r æ v ər s / TRAV-ərss) is a small open bay of Lake Michigan. Extending about 10 miles (16 km) into the Lower Peninsula of Michigan , much of the head of the land surrounding Little Traverse Bay, and has become part of the urban areas of Petoskey and Harbor Springs .
The Cape Cod Canal, completed in 1916, connects Buzzards Bay to Cape Cod Bay; its creation shortened the trade route between New York and Boston by 62 miles (100 km). [ 9 ] Cape Cod extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, with a breadth of between 1–20 miles (1.6–32.2 km), and covers more than 400 miles (640 km) of shoreline. [ 10 ]
M-119 connects with US 31 7 miles (11 km) east and south at Bay View and Petoskey, which is 4 miles (6.4 km) away on the south side of the harbor. The area is known for its historic summer resorts, such as Wequetonsing , which was founded by Illinois businessmen and lawyers Henry Stryker III, and Henry Brigham McClure.