Can you see Michigan from Milwaukee?

Since Lake Michigan is perfectly flat, if you look east from Milwaukee, you will see the horizon as far away as about 2.9 miles. Here's the Wikipedia article supporting the math. However, using the same math, the distance across the lake is about 90 miles or 144 km. With this approximation, you would need to be 1. read more

Short answer: no. Since Lake Michigan is perfectly flat, if you look east from Milwaukee, you will see the horizon as far away as about 2.9 miles. read more

Late in the evening Thursday stretching into early Friday morning, you could see the lights of Wisconsin from the Muskegon shoreline. The rare atmospheric condition allows lights 80 miles across Lake Michigan to be seen as if one was looking from one shore to the other on Houghton Lake. read more