Is Muskegon Heights safe? United States travel risk
Is Muskegon Heights safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Muskegon Heights scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Muskegon Heights scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Muskegon Heights: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 43.2023° N, 86.2421° W in Michigan, Muskegon Heights features an altitude of 191 m. The settlement is located 908.5 km ESE from Washington.
Michigan
43.2023° N, 86.2421° W
191 m
America/Detroit
9,902
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Muskegon Heights happened in May (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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