Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light Explained

Coordinates:	43.0569°N -86.2559°W
Yearbuilt:	1905
Yearlit:	1905
Automated:	1969
Lens:	190mm^[1]

Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light is the outer light of two lighthouses on the south pier of Grand Haven, Michigan where the Grand River enters Lake Michigan. A lighthouse was first lit there in 1839.^[2] The lighthouse was put up for sale in 2009 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.^[3] The City of Grand Haven now owns the pier, but it is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.^[4]

See also

• Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light

External links

• Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses, Detroit News
• Interactive map of lighthouses in southern Lake Michigan
• Lighthouse Friends (Grand Haven Light)
• Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format
• Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Grand Haven Lighthouse
• National Park Service Inventory of Historic Lighthouses, Maritime Heritage, Grand Haven South Pierhead light.
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Grand Haven Pier Light
  • • Wobser, David, boatnerd.com, Grand Haven South Pier and Pierhead Lights

Notes and References

1. http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/grhavens.htm GRAND HAVEN SOUTH PIERHEAD LIGHTS
2. 2007-05-25.
3. Web site: NHLPA 2009 Program, Notices of Availability . www.nps.gov/maritime . June 6, 2009 .
4. Web site: Public safety and lakeshore piers. WZZM 13. 30 July 2014.