Official Name: | Swedetown, Michigan |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Swedetown |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Houghton |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Calumet |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1234 |
Coordinates: | 47.2364°N -88.4647°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
Postal Code: | 49930 (Hancock) |
Area Code: | 906 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1614483 |
Swedetown is a small, unincorporated community in Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is within Calumet Charter Township at 47.2364°N -88.4647°W, west of Osceola Road and the junction with Swedetown Road. It is south of Calumet and west of Laurium and the intersection of US 41 and M-26.
It is the site of the Swedetown Cross Country Ski Trails, a system of cross-country skiing and mountain biking trails, sledding and snowboarding hills. The trails are the site of the annual Great Bear Chase Ski Race and "Great Deer Chase Mountain Bike Race".[1]