Mount Arvon
Highest point in Michigan, United States
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::summary Highest point in Michigan, United States ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Arvon |
| photo | Gfp-michigan-mount-arvon-scene-at-the-top-of-arvon.jpg |
| photo_caption | Mount Arvon summit sign and log book |
| photo_size | 300 |
| elevation_ft | 1,979 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_ft | 948 |
| prominence_ref | |
| map | Michigan |
| label_position | right |
| listing | U.S. state high point 38th |
| location | Baraga County, Michigan, U.S. |
| range | Huron Mountains |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| topo | USGS Skanee South |
| :: |
| name = Mount Arvon | photo = Gfp-michigan-mount-arvon-scene-at-the-top-of-arvon.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Arvon summit sign and log book | photo_size = 300 | elevation_ft = 1,979 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 948 | prominence_ref = | map = Michigan | map_caption = | label_position = right | listing = U.S. state high point 38th | location = Baraga County, Michigan, U.S. | range = Huron Mountains | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Skanee South | first_ascent = | easiest_route =
Mount Arvon ( ) at 1,979 ft, is either the highest or second-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 8 mi south of Lake Superior (elevation 591 ft). On the list of highest natural points in each U.S. state, Mount Arvon ranks 38th. 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 was 1 ft taller than Mount Curwood. Mount Arvon is about 12 mi east of L'Anse, although it is about a 26 mi drive from the village; 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.
The property is owned by the MeadWestvaco paper company but public access is allowed.
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 2000 ft, more than 20 ft higher than the summit of Mount Arvon.
More recent surveys in 2025 of both peaks determined that Mount Arvon lies 0.4 ft lower than Mount Curwood.
File:Mount Arvon Silhouette.jpg|alt=Mount Arvon|Mount Arvon viewed from the north. File:Gfp-michigan-upper-peninsula-view-from-the-top-of-arvon.jpg|View from Mount Arvon to Lake Superior, May 2014.
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- "SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Browser". California Soil Resource Lab.
- Meier, Eric. (January 28, 2019). "Mount Arvon Is No Longer Michigan's Highest Point, This Pile of Mining Waste Is". [[WKFR-FM]].
- (2025). "LiDAR accuracy on North American mountain summits". Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment.
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