Cliff Ghost Town

Keweenaw County, Michigan47.3708, -88.3094

Can you visit?

Likely private land

Private or unlisted land · Ask the owner first

Nearest town
11 miLaurium, MI
Mild months
May–Sep5 of 12
Next ghost town
0.4 miClifton
Illustration of a midwest landscape
Illustration of the landscape type, not a picture of Cliff. No free-licensed photo yet.

Cliff is a ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan.

On the map

20 mi40 miHoughtonHancockLauriumLake LindenCliff
  • Private or unlisted

Star: Cliff. Dots: other ghost towns within 40 miles, colored by land manager. Squares: towns over 1,000 people. Rings are straight-line distance. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

The closest town with more than 1,000 people is Laurium, MI, about 11 miles southwest in a straight line. The nearest city over 50,000 is Duluth, MN, 185 miles away.

Ghost towns nearby

  1. Clifton0.4 mi northeast
  2. Gregoryville13 mi south
  3. Mandan14 mi east
  4. Pequaming36 mi south
  5. Gibbs City81 mi south
  6. Colvill91 mi west
  7. Land O' Lakes94 mi southwest
  8. Chippewa City97 mi west

Distances are straight lines. Roads to ruins are often dirt, and a 20-mile hop can take an hour.

Who owns the land

Private or unlisted land

The point we have for this town is not on any public or protected parcel in PAD-US, the national map of public land. That usually means private land. Ruins on private land are off limits without the owner's permission, even when no fence or sign is visible. Look from the public road. Another parcel starts within a quarter mile: Local Forest. Ruins often spread across more than one owner.

The point is the town location from Wikidata, and the land record is from PAD-US 3.0 (USGS). Ruins can spread past that point, and land changes hands faster than the database. How we read PAD-US.

Weather by month

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Mild month (average high 55–88°F, low above 28°F) 32°F, freezing Rain and snow water, inches

Mild months here run May to September, judging by NOAA normals from Hancock Houghton Co Ap.

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from the Hancock Houghton Co Ap station (USW00014858), 16 miles away.

Facts

LocationKeweenaw County, Michigan
Coordinates47.37083, -88.30944
SourcesWikidata Q5132513 · Wikipedia article

Questions

Where is Cliff ghost town?

In Keweenaw County, Michigan, at 47.3708, -88.3094. The closest town with more than 1,000 people is Laurium, MI, about 11 miles southwest in a straight line. The nearest city over 50,000 is Duluth, MN, 185 miles away.

Can you visit Cliff?

Likely private land. The point we have for this town is not on any public or protected parcel in PAD-US, the national map of public land. That usually means private land. Ruins on private land are off limits without the owner's permission, even when no fence or sign is visible. Look from the public road. Another parcel starts within a quarter mile: Local Forest. Ruins often spread across more than one owner.

When is the best time to visit Cliff?

Mild months here run May to September, judging by NOAA normals from Hancock Houghton Co Ap.

Are there other ghost towns near Cliff?

Yes. Clifton (0.4 mi), Gregoryville (13 mi), Mandan (14 mi), Pequaming (36 mi).

More ghost towns in Michigan

All 36 ghost towns in Michigan