Lighthouses · 3,288 miles of Great Lakes shore
Michigan Great Lakes Lighthouses
117 lights on Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, 86 of them on the National Register of Historic Places. The earliest established date on record is 1825, at Fort Gratiot Light.
Lake Superior 33
Alger County 8
- Au Sable LightBurt TownshipEst. 1874 · 89 ft tower · NRHP
- Grand Island East Channel Light45 ft tower · Dark 1908 · NRHP
- Grand Island Harbor Front Range LightMunisingEst. 1868 · 20 ft tower
- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range LightMunisingEst. 1868 · 66 ft tower · Dark 1969 · NRHP
- Grand Island North LightEst. 1867 · Dark 1961 · NRHP
- Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Outer LightGrand MaraisEst. 1895 · 34 ft tower · NRHP
- Munising Front Range LightMunisingEst. 1908 · 58 ft tower
- Munising Rear Range LightMunisingEst. 1908 · 33 ft tower
Chippewa County 2
- Point Iroquois LightBay Mills TownshipEst. 1856 · 66 ft tower · Dark 1971 · NRHP
- Whitefish Point Light75 ft tower · NRHP
County not listed 2
- Copper Harbor Front Range Light
- Isle Royale LightIsle RoyaleEst. 1875 · 62 ft tower · NRHP
Houghton County 3
- Jacobsville LighthouseLake Linden
- Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance LightTorch Lake TownshipEst. 1919 · 62 ft tower · NRHP
- Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance LightHancock TownshipEst. 1950 · 69 ft tower · NRHP
Keweenaw County 10
- Copper Harbor LightGrant TownshipEst. 1848 · 46 ft tower · NRHP
- Eagle Harbor LightEagle HarborEst. 1851 · 44 ft tower · NRHP
- Eagle River LightEst. 1858 · Dark 1908 · NRHP
- Gull Rock Light StationEst. 1867 · 46 ft tower · NRHP
- Manitou Island Light StationGrant TownshipEst. 1850 · 79 ft tower · NRHP
- Mendota LightEst. 1869 · 36 ft tower · Dark 1956 · NRHP
- Passage Island LightEst. 1882 · NRHP
- Rock Harbor LightEst. 1855 · NRHP
- Rock of Ages LightEst. 1908 · NRHP
- Sand Hills LightAllouez TownshipEst. 1919 · 92 ft tower · Dark 1954 · NRHP
Luce County 1
- Crisp Point Light59 ft tower · Dark 1992
Marquette County 6
- Big Bay Point LightPowell TownshipEst. 1896 · 66 ft tower · Dark 1961 · NRHP
- Granite Island LighthouseEst. 1868 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
- Huron Island LightHuron IslandsEst. 1868 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
- Marquette Harbor LightMarquetteEst. 1852 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
- Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater LightMarquetteEst. 1941 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
- Stannard Rock LightEst. 1883 · 98 ft tower · NRHP
Ontonagon County 1
- Ontonagon LightOntonagonEst. 1853 · 33 ft tower · Dark 1964 · NRHP
Lake Michigan 47
Allegan County 1
- Saugatuck Harbour LighthouseSaugatuckEst. 1909 · 26 ft tower
Benzie County 2
- Frankfort LightFrankfort66 ft tower · NRHP
- Point Betsie LightEst. 1858 · 36 ft tower · NRHP
Berrien County 2
- St. Joseph North Pier Inner LightSt. JosephEst. 1907 · 52 ft tower · NRHP
- St. Joseph North Pier Outer LightSt. JosephEst. 1906 · 30 ft tower · NRHP
Charlevoix County 4
- Beaver Island Harbor LightSt. James TownshipEst. 1856
- Beaver Island Head LightEst. 1858 · 46 ft tower · Dark 1962 · NRHP
- Charlevoix South Pier Light StationCharlevoixEst. 1948 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
- Squaw Island LightEst. 1892 · 49 ft tower · Dark 1928
County not listed 4
- Grand Haven North Pierhead LightEst. 1921
- Grand Traverse LightLeelanau PeninsulaEst. 1852 · Dark 1972 · NRHP
- North Manitou Island Light
- South Manitou Island LighthouseEst. 1840 · 66 ft tower · Dark 1958 · NRHP
Delta County 5
- Minneapolis Shoal Light StationEst. 1934 · 69 ft tower · NRHP
- Peninsula Point LighthouseEst. 1865 · Dark 1936 · NRHP
- Poverty Island Light StationEst. 1875 · Dark 1976 · NRHP
- Sand Point LightEscanabaEst. 1867 · 43 ft tower · Dark 1939 · NRHP
- St. Martin Island LightFairbanks TownshipEst. 1905 · 75 ft tower · NRHP
Emmet County 6
- Grays Reef Light Station66 ft tower · NRHP
- Ile Aux GaletsIle Aux GaletsEst. 1888 · 59 ft tower · NRHP
- Little Traverse LightDark 1963
- McGulpin Point LightEst. 1869 · 39 ft tower · Dark 1906
- Waugoshance LightEst. 1850 · 62 ft tower · Dark 1912 · NRHP
- White Shoal Light121 ft tower · NRHP
Grand Traverse County 1
- Mission Point LightEst. 1870 · Dark 1933 · NRHP
Leelanau County 3
- Manning Memorial LightEst. 1990 · 36 ft tower
- North Manitou Shoal Light StationLeland TownshipEst. 1935 · 62 ft tower · NRHP
- South Fox Island LightLeelanau TownshipEst. 1867 · Dark 1959 · NRHP
Mackinac County 2
- Lansing Shoals Light Station59 ft tower · NRHP
- St. Helena Island LightEst. 1873 · 71 ft tower · NRHP
Manistee County 1
- Manistee Pierhead LightsManisteeEst. 1870 · 39 ft tower · NRHP
Mason County 2
- Big Sable Point LightEst. 1867 · 112 ft tower · NRHP
- Ludington LightLudingtonEst. 1871 · 56 ft tower · NRHP
Menominee County 1
- Menominee Pier LightMenominee33 ft tower · NRHP
Muskegon County 3
- Muskegon Breakwater LightMuskegonEst. 1930 · 52 ft tower · NRHP
- Muskegon South Pierhead LightMuskegonEst. 1851 · 48 ft tower · NRHP
- White River Light38 ft tower · Dark 1960
Oceana County 4
- Little Sable Point LightEst. 1874 · Dark 2014 · NRHP
- Pentwater LightPentwaterEst. 1873 · 33 ft tower · Dark 1937
- Pentwater North Pierhead LightPentwaterEst. 1997 · 36 ft tower
- Pentwater South Pierhead LightPentwaterEst. 1937 · 33 ft tower · NRHP
Ottawa County 3
- Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance LightGrand HavenEst. 1839 · 36 ft tower
- Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner LightGrand HavenEst. 1881 · 49 ft tower
- Holland Harbor LightHollandEst. 1872 · 43 ft tower · NRHP
Schoolcraft County 2
- Manistique East Breakwater LightManistiqueEst. 1916 · 36 ft tower · NRHP
- Seul Choix LightMueller TownshipEst. 1892 · 75 ft tower · NRHP
Van Buren County 1
- South Haven LightSouth HavenEst. 1872 · 34 ft tower · NRHP
Lake Huron 30
Alcona County 1
- Sturgeon Point LightHaynes TownshipEst. 1869 · 72 ft tower · NRHP
Alpena County 3
- Alpena LightAlpenaEst. 1875 · 33 ft tower · NRHP
- Middle Island LightEst. 1905 · 72 ft tower · NRHP
- Thunder Bay Island LightEst. 1831 · 62 ft tower · NRHP
Arenac County 1
- Gravelly Shoal LightEst. 1939 · 66 ft tower
Bay County 1
- Saginaw River Rear Range LightEst. 1839 · Dark 1960 · NRHP
Cheboygan County 4
- Cheboygan Crib LightCheboyganEst. 1884 · 25 ft tower · Dark 1984
- Fourteen Foot Shoal LightCheboyganEst. 1929 · 56 ft tower · NRHP
- Poe Reef LightEst. 1929 · 56 ft tower · NRHP
- Spectacle Reef LightEst. 1874 · 79 ft tower · NRHP
Chippewa County 2
- DeTour Reef Light62 ft tower · NRHP
- Round Island Light (Chippewa County)Dark 1922
County not listed 2
- Charity Island LightCharity IslandEst. 1857 · 46 ft tower · Dark 1939
- Pipe Island LightEst. 1888
Emmet County 1
- Old Mackinac Point LightEst. 1892 · 49 ft tower · Dark 1957 · NRHP
Huron County 4
- Caseville Harbor LightCasevilleEst. 2001 · 43 ft tower
- Harbor Beach LightHarbor BeachEst. 1858 · 46 ft tower · NRHP
- Pointe Aux Barques LightEst. 1848 · 89 ft tower · NRHP
- Port Austin LightPort AustinEst. 1878 · 59 ft tower · NRHP
Iosco County 1
- Tawas Point LightEst. 1853 · 66 ft tower · NRHP
Mackinac County 5
- Bois Blanc LightDark 1924
- Martin Reef Light Station52 ft tower · NRHP
- Round Island Light (Mackinac County)Est. 1895 · 56 ft tower · Dark 1947 · NRHP
- Round Island Passage LightEst. 1947 · 59 ft tower · NRHP
- Wawatam LighthouseEst. 1998 · 52 ft tower
Presque Isle County 3
- Forty Mile Point LightEst. 1896 · 52 ft tower · NRHP
- New Presque Isle LightEst. 1870 · 108 ft tower · NRHP
- Old Presque Isle LightEst. 1840 · 36 ft tower · Dark 1871 · NRHP
Sanilac County 1
- Port Sanilac LightPort SanilacEst. 1886 · 59 ft tower · NRHP
St. Clair County 1
- Fort Gratiot LightEst. 1825 · 85 ft tower · NRHP
Lake Erie 2
Monroe County 1
- Detroit River LightEst. 1875 · 49 ft tower · NRHP
Wayne County 1
Lake St. Clair 5
Macomb County 1
- Lake St. Clair LightEst. 1938 · 39 ft tower
St. Clair County 2
- St. Clair Flats Range Front LightEst. 1859 · 23 ft tower · NRHP
- St. Clair Flats Rear Range LightEst. 1859 · Dark 1934 · NRHP
Wayne County 2
- William Livingstone Memorial LightDetroitEst. 1930 · 49 ft tower
- Windmill Point LightDetroitEst. 1838 · 39 ft tower
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