List of lighthouses in Wisconsin
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]
| Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma Pierhead Light |  |
Algoma | 1932 | 1973 | Active | Plastic | 48 ft (15 m) | |
| Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light |  |
Ashland | 1915 | 1962 | Active | 250mm | 60 ft (18 m) | |
| Asylum Light |  |
Oshkosh | Never Lit | N/A | N/A | None | Unknown | |
| Baileys Harbor Light |  |
Baileys Harbor | [3] | 1853 | Never | 1869 (Now a private home) |
None | 54 ft (16 m)[4] |
| Baileys Harbor Range Front Light |  |
Baileys Harbor | [5] | 1870 | 1930 | Active (Inactive: 1969–2015) |
LED | 21 ft (6.4 m)[4] |
| Baileys Harbor Range Rear Light |  |
Baileys Harbor | [6] | 1870 | 1930 | Active (Inactive: 1969–2015) |
LED | 36 ft (11 m)[4] |
| Calumet Light |  |
Calumet | 1936 | Never | Active | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Cana Island Light |  |
Baileys Harbor | 1870 | 1945 | Active | Third-Order Fresnel | 83 ft (25 m) | |
| Chambers Island Light |  |
Gibraltar (Chambers Island) |
[7] | 1868 | 1955 | 1961 | None | 68 ft (21 m)[7] |
| Chequamegon Point Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Long Island) |
1896[8] | 1964 | 1987 | None | 42 ft (13 m)[8] | |
| Devils Island Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Devils Island) |
1891 (Former) 1901 (Current) |
1978 | Active | Third-order Fresnel | 100 ft (30 m) | |
| Dunlap Reef Range Lights | Sturgeon Bay | N/A | 1881 | Never | 1924 (The rear range light is now a private home) |
None | 18 ft (5.5 m) (Front Range) 39 ft (12 m) (Rear Range) | |
| Eagle Bluff Light |  |
Ephraim | 1868 | 1926 | Active | LED
Fifth-Order Fresnel Inactive in tower |
75 ft (23 m) | |
| Fond du Lac Light |  |
Fond du Lac | 1933 | Never | Active | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Grassy Island Range Lights |  |
Green Bay | [9] (Original) [10] (Current) |
1872 | 1934 | 1966 | Sixth-Order Fresnel (Replicas) | 35 ft (11 m)[4] (Upper light) 27 ft (8.2 m)[4] (Lower light) |
| Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light |  |
Green Bay | 1935 | 1979 | Active | Unknown | 72 ft (22 m) | |
| Green Island Light |  |
Peshtigo (Green Island) |
[11] | 1863 | 1933 | 1956 (Now in ruins) |
None | 55 ft (17 m)[11] |
| Gull Island Light | Apostle Islands (Gull Island) |
1929 | Always | Active | 250mm | 56 ft (17 m) | ||
| Kenosha Light (Orig: Kenosha North Pierhead Light) |
 |
Kenosha | [12] | 1840 (Former) 1867 (Current) |
1996 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1906–1996) |
Replica | 50 ft (15 m)[4] |
| Kenosha North Pier Light |  |
Kenosha | 1848 (Former) 1906 (Current) |
1925 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 50 ft (15 m) | |
| Kevich Light |  |
Grafton | 1981 | Always | Active | Halide lamps | 163 ft (50 m) | |
| Kewaunee Pierhead Light |  |
Kewaunee | 1889 (Former) 1931 (Current) |
1981 | Active | Vega-44 LED | 45 ft (14 m) | |
| La Pointe Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Long Island) |
1858 (Former) 1896 (Current) |
1964 | Active | 300mm | 70 ft (21 m) | |
| Long Tail Point Light (First) |
Green Bay | [13] | 1848 | Never | 1859 (Now in ruins) |
None | 56 ft (17 m) | |
| Long Tail Point Light (Second) |
Green Bay | N/A | 1859 | Never | 1899 (Destroyed in 1936) |
None | Unknown | |
| Long Tail Point Light (Third) |
 |
Green Bay | N/A | 1899 | 1936 | 1973 (Destroyed) |
None | Unknown |
| Manitowoc Breakwater Light |  |
Manitowoc | 1839 (Former) 1918 (Current) |
1971 | Active | Unknown | 52 ft (16 m) | |
| Michigan Island Light (New) |
 |
Apostle Islands (Michigan Island) |
1929 | 1943 | Active | LED | 170 ft (52 m) | |
| Michigan Island Light (Old) |
 |
Apostle Islands (Michigan Island) |
N/A | 1857 | Never | 1929 (Replaced) |
None | Unknown |
| Milwaukee Breakwater Light |  |
Milwaukee | 1899 (Former) 1926 (Current) |
1966 | Active | Unknown | 61 ft (19 m) | |
| Milwaukee Pierhead Light |  |
Milwaukee | 1872 | 1939 | Active | Unknown | 48 ft (15 m) | |
| Neenah Light (aka:Kimberly Point Lighthouse) |
 |
Neenah | N/A | 1945 | Always | Active | Unknown | Unknown |
| North Point Light |  |
Milwaukee | [14] | 1855 (Former) 1888 (Current) |
1943 | 1994 | None | 154 ft (47 m)[14] |
| Outer Island Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Outer Island) |
1874 | 1961 | Active | VRB-25 | 130 ft (40 m) | |
| Peshtigo Reef Light |  |
Green Bay (Offshore) |
1936 | Always | Active | Unknown | 72 ft (22 m) | |
| Pilot Island Light |  |
Gills Rock | 1858 | 1962 | Active | LED | 48 ft (15 m) | |
| Plum Island Range Front Light |  |
Plum Island | (Current location) |
1897 | Never | 1964 | None | 32 ft (9.8 m)[4] |
| Plum Island Range Rear Light |  |
Plum Island | 1897 | 1969 | Active | LED | 84 ft (26 m) | |
| Port Washington Light |  |
Port Washington | [15] | 1849 (Former) 1860 (Current) |
Never | 1903 (Now a museum) |
Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica) |
133 ft (41 m)[16] |
| Port Washington Breakwater Light |  |
Port Washington | [17] | 1889 (Former) 1935 (Current) |
1976 | Active | Unknown | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Pottawatomie Light |  |
Rock Island | 1836 (Former) 1858 (Current) |
1946 | 1988 | Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica) |
159 ft (48 m) | |
| Racine Harbor Light |  |
Racine | [18] | 1839 (Former) 1901 (Current) |
Never | 1901 | None | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Racine North Breakwater Light | Racine | [19] | 1872 (Former) 1904 (Current) |
Unknown | 1987[19] | None | 53 ft (16 m)[20] | |
| Racine Reef Light |  |
Racine | 1899 (Former) 1906 (Current) |
1954 | 1961 | None | 72 ft (22 m)[4] | |
| Raspberry Island Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Raspberry Island) |
[21] | 1862 | 1947 | 1957 (Now a museum) |
None | 77 ft (23 m)[22] |
| Rawley Point Light | .jpg) |
Two Rivers | 1874 (Former) 1894 (Current) |
1979 | Active | Optic | 113 ft (34 m) | |
| Rockwell Light (aka: Bray's Point Light) |
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Oshkosh | N/A | 1910 | Unknown | 1965 (Estimated) |
None | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Sand Island Light |  |
Apostle Islands (Sand Island) |
1881 | 1921 | Active (Inactive: 1933–1985) |
LED | 60 ft (18 m) | |
| Sheboygan Lighthouse |  |
Sheboygan | 1839 (Former) 1915 (Current) |
Unknown | Active | Unknown | 55 ft (17 m) | |
| Sherwood Point Light |  |
Nasewaupee (Idlewild) |
1883 | 1983 | Active | LED | 61 ft (19 m) | |
| Sturgeon Bay Canal Light |  |
Sturgeon Bay | 1899 | 1972 | Active | Third-Order Fresnel Lens (Rotating) | 107 ft (33 m) | |
| Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light |
 |
Sturgeon Bay | 1882 (Former) 1903 (Current) |
1972 | Active | 300mm | 40 ft (12 m) | |
| Superior Entry Breakwater Light (aka: Wisconsin Point Light) |
 |
Superior | 1913 | 1970 | Active | DCB-224 | 70 ft (21 m) | |
| Two Rivers Light |  |
Two Rivers | (Original) [23] (Current) |
1886 | Never | 1969 (Now a museum) |
None | 35 ft (11 m)[24] |
| Wind Point Light |  |
Racine (Wind Point) |
1880 | 1964 | Active | VRB-25 | 111 ft (34 m) |
References
[edit]- ↑ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
- ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Baileys Harbor Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pepper, Terry. "Focal Heights". Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Baleys Harbor Range Lights". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ Light List: Great Lakes, United States and Canada. Government Printing Office. 1925. p. 220. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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- 1 2 "Chambers Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- 1 2 Pepper, Terry. "Chequamegon Point Light". Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Light List: Great Lakes: United States and Canada. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1924. p. 230. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Grassy Island Rage, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- 1 2 "Green Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Kenosha Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Long Tail Point, WI". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- 1 2 "North Point Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Kraig. "Port Washington, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Port Washington Main Lighthouse". Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Port Washington Breakwater, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Racine Harbor, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- 1 2 "Racine Breakwater, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Racine Harbor (nautical chart). 1:10,000. NOAA. 1984. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Raspberry Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Raspberry Island Lighthouse". Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Two Rivers Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ Pepper, Terry. "Focal Heights". Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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