Sherwood Point Light Explained

Sherwood Point Light
Location:	Idlewild, Wisconsin
Coordinates:	44.8928°N -87.4334°W^[1]
Yearlit:	1883
Automated:	1983
Foundation:	Concrete
Construction:	Brick
Shape:	Square
Lens:	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic:	White, Isophase 6 s
Module:	Embed: yes Sherwood Point Light Station Added: July 19, 1984 Mpsub: U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR (Archived October 17, 2012) Refnum: 84003663

The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Idlewild in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.

Situated on the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Further reading

• Havighurst, Walter. The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes. Macmillan, 1943.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. .
• Sapulski, Wayne S. Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. .
• Wright, Larry and Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. .

External links

• Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County Maritime Museum
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sherwood Point Light Station (Archived May 9, 2021)
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
• Web site: Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes . Pepper, Terry . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402173558/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm . 2022-04-02 .

Notes and References

1. https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1989152/sherwood-point-lighthouse/ Sherwood Point Lighthouse