List of lighthouses in Michigan explained

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. It is still active. The Michigan.gov website does not have a Map of Michigan Lighthouses in PDF format anymore.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.(below, 129, Active, Inactive, Moved, Museum; 24, Destroyed)

Name	Waterway	Location	Coordinates	Image	Focal Height	Built^[1]	Automated	Deactivated	Status
			45.0604°N -83.4229°W		044 44feet	1877/1914	1974		Active
			46.6731°N -86.1393°W		100 100feet	1874	1958		Active
	Lake Huron		44.4066°N -83.3165°W		025 25feet				Active
		Beaver Island, northern end	45.7428°N -85.5086°W		038 38feet	1856/1870	1927		Active^[2]
	Lake Michigan	Beaver Island, southern tip	45.5764°N -85.5725°W		103 103feet	1851		1962	Inactive^[3]
					000				Destroyed
	Lake Superior		46.8403°N -87.6819°W		089 89feet	1896	1941	1961–1990	Active^[4]
	Lake Michigan		44.0577°N -86.5144°W		106 106feet	1867			Active
	Lake Huron		45.811°N -84.422°W		032 32feet	1867		1955	Inactive
	Lake Huron		43.9435°N -83.2728°W		065 65feet				Active
	Lake Michigan		45.4074°N -87.351°W		026 26feet				Active
	Lake Huron		44.0314°N -83.4356°W		045 45feet	1857		1939	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		45.3228°N -85.2697°W		041 41feet	1914/1948			Active
	Lake Huron		45.6568°N -84.465°W		035 35feet	1857/1901	1920	1984	Inactive/Moved^[5]
	Lake Huron	Cheboygan	45.6474°N -84.4728°W		048 48feet	1880			Active
					000	1847	1872		Destroyed^[6]
	Lake Superior		47.4811°N -87.8667°W		028 28feet	1869			Active
	Lake Superior	Copper Harbor	47.4745°N -87.8603°W		090 90feet	1849/1933	1919		Active
	Lake Superior		46.7529°N -85.2573°W		062 62feet	1904		1947	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Huron		45.9489°N -83.9031°W		074 74feet	1847/1931	1974		Active
			42.0008°N -83.1407°W		055 55feet	1875/1885	1979		Active
	Lake Superior		47.4597°N -88.1592°W		060 60feet	1851/1871	1980		Active
	Lake Superior	Eagle Harbor	47.4556°N -88.1534°W		000	1877		1911	Inactive^[7] ^[8]
	Lake Superior		47.4137°N -88.2983°W		000	1854/1857		1908	Inactive
	Detroit River				032 32feet	1895			Destroyed^[9]
	Detroit River	Ecorse			045 45feet	1894			Destroyed^[10]
	Lake Huron		43.0063°N -82.4225°W		082 82feet	1825/1829	1933		Active
	Lake Huron		45.4867°N -83.9133°W		066 66feet	1897	1969		Active
	Lake Huron		45.6798°N -84.435°W		051 51feet	1930	Yes		Active
	Lake Superior		46.9929°N -89.1257°W		000	1894		1934	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		44.6306°N -86.2522°W		072 72feet	1873/1932	Yes		Active
	Lake Michigan	Frankfort			000				Destroyed
		De Tour Village	45.9855°N -83.8947°W		000	1879/1882			Active^[11]
	Detroit River				000	1838/1873		1879	Destroyed^[12]
	Lake Michigan		43.0582°N -86.2559°W		036 36feet				Active
	Lake Michigan	Grand Haven	43.0569°N -86.2559°W		042 42feet	1839/1905	1969		Active
	Lake Michigan	Grand Haven	43.0573°N -86.2538°W		052 52feet	1839/1905	1969		Active
	Lake Superior		46.4502°N -86.6224°W		000	1870		1913	Inactive
	Lake Superior		46.4367°N -86.6911°W		070 70feet	1868/1914		1969	Inactive
	Lake Superior		46.5589°N -86.6911°W		000	1854/1867	1927	1961	Inactive
	Lake Superior		46.6839°N -85.9722°W		054 54feet (inner) 40feet (outer)	1895			Active
	Lake Michigan		45.21°N -85.55°W		047 47feet	1852/1858	1972	1972	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Superior		46.7208°N -87.4119°W		096 96feet	1868	1939		Active^[13]
	Detroit River				000	1897			Destroyed
Grassy Island South Channel Range Lights (formerly Grassy Island Light)	Detroit River	Grassy Island			000	1849/1896			Destroyed
	Lake Huron		44.0183°N -83.5372°W		075 75feet	1939			Active
	Lake Michigan		45.7667°N -85.1533°W		082 82feet	1891/1936	1976		Active
	Detroit River				000	1894/1906		1963	Destroyed (rear) Inactive (front)
	Detroit River	Grosse Ile			000				Active^[14]
	Lake Superior	Manitou Island, offshore west	47.4172°N -87.6636°W		050 50feet	1867	1913		Active
	Lake Huron		43.845°N -82.6317°W		054 54feet	1858/1885	1968		Active^[15]
	St. Marys River				000				Destroyed
	Lake Michigan		42.7727°N -86.2124°W		052 52feet	1872/1936	1932		Active
	Lake Superior		46.9633°N -87.9983°W		197 197feet	1868/1877	1972		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.6764°N -85.1731°W		058 58feet	1850/1888	1969		Active
	Lake Superior		47.9479°N -88.7612°W		072 72feet	1875	1913		Active
Kalamazoo River Light (Saugatuck Light)	Lake Michigan				000	1858		1914	Destroyed
	Lake Superior		46.9688°N -88.4311°W		068 68feet	1868/1920	1973		Active
	Lake Superior		47.2345°N -88.6303°W		082 82feet	1874/1950	1973		Active
	Lake St. Clair		42.5085°N -82.6985°W		043 43feet	1941	Yes		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.9033°N -85.5617°W		069 69feet	1900/1928	1976		Active
	Lake Michigan		43.6517°N -86.5389°W		108 108feet	1874	1955		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.4192°N -84.9774°W		072 72feet	1884/1963			Active^[16]
	Lake Michigan	Ludington	43.9536°N -86.4694°W		055 55feet	1871/1924	1972		Active
	Detroit River				000				Destroyed
	Detroit River	Mamajuda Island			000				Destroyed
	Lake Michigan				000				Destroyed
	Lake Michigan	Manistee	44.2517°N -86.3464°W		055 55feet (north) 29feet (south)	1875/1927	1927		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.9448°N -86.2477°W		050 50feet	1915/1917	1969		Active
	Lake Superior	Manitou Island	47.4197°N -87.5872°W		081 81feet	1850/1861	1978		Active
	Lake Michigan		44.8079°N -86.2552°W		038 38feet	1990	Yes		Active
	Detroit River		42.271°N -83.1113°W		000	2003^[17]			Active^[18]
	Lake Superior		46.5338°N -87.3747°W		036 36feet	1875/1908			Active
	Lake Superior	Marquette	46.5467°N -87.376°W		077 77feet	1853/1866			Active
	Lake Huron		45.9133°N -84.1483°W		065 65feet	1927	Yes		Active
			45.7869°N -84.7722°W		102 102feet	1869			Active
	Lake Superior		47.3742°N -87.9667°W		044 44feet	1870/1895	1933	1960–1998	Active
	Lake Michigan		45.1139°N -87.586°W		046 46feet	1887/1927	1972		Active
	Lake Huron		45.1931°N -83.3211°W		078 78feet	1905	Yes		Active
	St. Marys River	Sugar Island			000				Destroyed
	Lake St. Clair		42.4638°N -82.8792°W		270 270feet				Active
	Lake Huron		45.5361°N -86.9983°W		082 82feet	1935	1979		Active
	Lake Michigan		44.9913°N -85.4795°W		047 47feet	1870		1933	Inactive
	Lake Michigan	Old Mission Point	45.0182°N -85.506°W		041 41feet	1933			Inactive
	Lake Erie				000	1849/1884		1916	Destroyed
	Lake Superior	Munising	46.4151°N -86.6612°W		079 79feet	1908	Yes		Active
	Lake Superior	Munising	46.4125°N -86.664°W		107 107feet	1908	Yes		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.1908°N -83.3469°W		070 70feet	1851/1871			Active
	Lake Michigan	Muskegon	43.2267°N -86.3413°W		050 50feet	1903			Active
	Lake Michigan		46.0756°N -85.445°W		032 32feet				Active
	Lake Michigan				000				Destroyed
	Lake Michigan		45.063°N -85.964°W		000	1899		1935	Destroyed
	Lake Michigan	North Manitou Island	45.021°N -85.9571°W		079 79feet	1935	1980		Active
	Straits of Mackinac		45.7875°N -84.7294°W		062 62feet	1889/1892		1957	Inactive
	Lake Superior	Ontonagon	46.8795°N -89.3308°W		031 31feet				Active
	Lake Superior	Ontonagon	46.8736°N -89.3186°W		000	1852/1866		1964	Inactive
	Lake Superior	Isle Royale	48.2237°N -88.3656°W		078 78feet	1882	1978		Active
	Lake St. Clair	Peche Island, offshore west	42.3536°N -82.9172°W		114 114feet	1908/1983			Active^[19]
	Lake Michigan		45.6682°N -86.9666°W		040 40feet	1856/1866	1922	1936	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		43.7808°N -86.4403°W		043 43feet				Active
	St. Marys River		46.0163°N -83.8993°W		052 52feet	1888	1937		Active
	Lake Huron	Bois Blanc Island, offshore	45.695°N -84.3617°W		071 71feet	1893/1929	1974		Active
	Lake Michigan		44.6913°N -86.2552°W		052 52feet	1854	1984		Active
	Lake Superior		46.4837°N -84.6257°W		072 72feet	1855/1871	1962	1971	Inactive
	Lake Huron		44.0233°N -82.7933°W		093 93feet	1848/1857	1958		Active
	Lake Huron	Port Austin, offshore	44.0833°N -82.9833°W		076 76feet	1878/1899	Yes		Active
	Lake Huron		43.429°N -82.5402°W		069 69feet	1886	1925		Active
	Lake Michigan				000	1891			Destroyed
	Lake Superior		46.978°N -88.414°W		000	1856/1870		1920	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		45.5272°N -86.6636°W		078 78feet	1874	1957	1976	Inactive
	Lake Superior		46.5741°N -87.3746°W
	Lake Huron		45.2872°N -83.4739°W		123 123feet	1871	1970		Active
	Lake Huron	Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle County	45.342°N -83.4783°W		036 36feet	1840		1871	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Superior		48.0892°N -88.5792°W		000	1855		1879	Inactive
	Lake Superior	Washington Island, offshore	47.8667°N -89.3133°W		130 130feet	1908	1978		Active
		Washington Island, offshore	47.1955°N -88.616°W (rear) 47.1926°N -88.6189°W (front)		055 55feet (rear) 26feet (front)	1897/1937	Yes		Active
	Straits of Mackinac		45.8372°N -84.6166°W		053 53feet	1895	1924	1947–1996	Active
	St. Marys River	Round Island	46.109°N -84.0199°W		000	1892			Inactive
	Straits of Mackinac		45.8433°N -84.615°W		071 71feet	1947	1973		Active
	Lake Huron				000	1831		1876	Destroyed
	Lake Huron	Bay City	43.6355°N -83.8506°W		077 77feet	1876	1954	1962	Inactive
	Lake Huron				000				Destroyed
	Lake Superior		47.3919°N -88.3704°W		093 93feet	1919	1939	1954	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		45.7444°N -87.0444°W		044 44feet	1867		1934	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Superior		46.7834°N -88.4669°W		000	1878		1922	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		45.9214°N -85.9119°W		080 80feet	1892	1972		Active
	St. Marys River				000				Inactive/Moved^[20]
	Lake Michigan		45.3785°N -85.8371°W		039 39feet	1867/1934		1969	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		42.4022°N -86.2844°W		037 37feet	1872/1903	Yes		Active
	Lake Michigan		45.0077°N -86.0938°W		054 54feet	1839/1872	1935	1967–2009	Active
	Lake Huron	Cheboygan County	45.7733°N -84.1367°W		086 86feet	1874	1972		Active
	Lake Michigan				000				Destroyed
	Lake Michigan		45.8399°N -85.5871°W		000	1892			Inactive
	Lake St. Clair	Harsens Island, offshore	42.5375°N -82.6947°W		000	1859			Active^[21]
	Straits of Mackinac		45.855°N -84.8633°W		071 71feet	1873	1922		Active
	Lake Michigan		42.1161°N -86.4935°W		053 53feet	1832/1906			Active
	Lake Michigan	St. Joseph	42.1163°N -86.4946°W		031 31feet	1832/1906			Active
	Lake Michigan		45.5028°N -86.7575°W		081 81feet	1905			Inactive
	St. Marys River				000				Destroyed
	Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula, offshore	47.1835°N -87.2251°W		102 102feet	1882	1962		Active
	Lake Huron		44.7127°N -83.2727°W		069 69feet	1869	1939		Active
	Lake Huron		44.254°N -83.449°W		070 70feet	1853/1876		2016	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Huron		45.0417°N -83.2°W		063 63feet	1832	1983		Active
	Detroit River		42.3323°N -83.0251°W		000				Active
	St. Marys River		46.5045°N -84.3637°W (rear) 46.5039°N -84.3672°W (front)		066 66feet (rear) 32feet (front)				Active
	Lake Michigan	Emmet County	45.8658°N -84.7153°W		074 52feet	2006			Active
	Lake Michigan	Emmet County	45.7861°N -85.0911°W		074 74feet	1851		1912	Inactive
	Lake Michigan		43.3747°N -86.4243°W		000	1875	1945	1960	Inactive/Museum
	Lake Michigan	Emmet County	45.8422°N -85.1353°W		125 125feet	1891/1910	1976		Active
	Lake Superior		46.7706°N -84.9567°W		080 80feet	1848/1861	1970		Active
	Detroit River	Belle Isle	42.347°N -82.9543°W		058 58feet	1930^[22]			Active
	Detroit River	Detroit	42.3576°N -82.93°W		042 42feet	1933^[23]			Active
	Detroit River	Detroit			000				Destroyed
	St. Marys River		46.2261°N -84.1441°W		046 46feet				Active

See also

• Ladies of the Lights

Notes

1. If there is a second date, it represents the date the most recent tower was lit.
2. Also known as St. James Light.
3. Owned by Charlevoix Public School System.
4. Private owner.
5. Moved to Gordon Turner Park
6. Web site: Clinton River Light . Lighthouse Digest Magazine.
7. Private owner. Moved across the street.
8. Web site: Eagle Harbor Range Lights . Seeing The Light.
9. Web site: Ecorse Light . Lighthouse Digest Magazine.
10. Web site: Ecorse Rear Range Light . Lighthouse Digest Magazine.
11. Replaced with pole light. Tower moved to Sault Ste. Marie Coast Guard station.
12. Web site: Gibraltar Light (MI) . Lighthouse Digest Magazine.
13. Replaced with light on metal tower. Lighthouse is privately owned.
14. Replaced with skeleton towers.
15. Owned by the City of Harbor Beach
16. Replaced with skeleton tower.
17. Web site: Belanger Park . City of River Rouge . 2015-01-23 . 2015-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203202420/http://cityofriverrouge.com/community/parks-and-recreation/ . dead .
18. Owned by the City of River Rouge. Located in Belanger Park.
19. Replaced with skeleton tower. Original tower moved to Marine City Waterfront Park.
20. Moved to Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum.
21. Only front light active.
22. Web site: William Livingstone Memorial, MI . lighthousefriends.com.
23. Web site: Windmill Point, MI . lighthousefriends.com.

External links

General

• Midwest Lighthouses - United States Lighthouses