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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Michigan as identified by the United States Coast Guard. Michigan is home to lights on four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. The first lighthouse in the state, Fort Gratiot Light, was erected in 1825.
August 21, 1974. The Round Island Light, also known as the Old Round Island Point Lighthouse, [6] is a lighthouse located on the west shore of Round Island in the shipping lanes of the Straits of Mackinac, [7] which connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. [6][8][9] It was deemed necessary because the island is a significant hazard to navigation ...
August 04, 1983. Designated MSHS. May 19, 1988 [10] Big Sable Point Light is a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Ludington State Park just north of the city of Ludington. [11] First constructed in 1867, it continues to be an active navigational aid.
Added to NRHP. July 19, 1984. The White Shoal Light is a lighthouse located 20 miles (32 km) west of the Mackinac Bridge in Lake Michigan. [10][11] It is an active aid to navigation. [3] It is also the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes.
Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between Whitefish Bay and the western end of the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes. Point Iroquois includes a larger geographic area than the light station site.
February 22, 1974 [10] The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [11] Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior, it sits at the edge of Whitefish Point leading to Whitefish Bay. Constructed in 1849, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula.
April 14, 1972. Old Mackinac Point Light is a deactivated lighthouse located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lighthouse is part of Fort Michilimackinac State Park in the village of Mackinaw City just east of the Mackinac Bridge. The lighthouse was constructed in 1892 along the Straits of Mackinac at ...
June 7, 2012. Designated MSHS. February 22, 1974. The Copper Harbor Light is a lighthouse located in the harbor of Copper Harbor, Michigan USA on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan inside Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. [3][1][4] It is a Michigan State Historic Site and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.