Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light

Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light
	South Pierhead Entrance Light with inner light also shown
Location	Grand Haven, Michigan
Coordinates	43°03′25.0″N86°15′21.3″W / 43.056944°N 86.255917°W
Tower
Constructed	1905
Automated	1969
Height	36 feet (11 m)
Markings	Red
Light
First lit	1905
Focal height	13 m (43 ft)
Lens	7.5 inches (190 mm)
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Fl R 10s

Last updated November 03, 2025

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.^[3] The lighthouse was put up for sale in 2009 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.^[4] The City of Grand Haven now owns the pier, but it is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.^[5]

References

1 2 3 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
1 2 3 GRAND HAVEN SOUTH PIERHEAD LIGHTS
↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
↑ "NHLPA 2009 Program, Notices of Availability". www.nps.gov/maritime. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
↑ "Public safety and lakeshore piers". WZZM 13. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

External links

U.S. Coast Guard Archive Photo of Grand Haven Front Lighthouse USCGGrandhavenfront.jpg — U.S. Coast Guard Archive Photo of Grand Haven Front Lighthouse

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
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Western Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
Wobser, David, boatnerd.com, Grand Haven South Pier and Pierhead Lights Archived 2013-12-29 at the Wayback Machine

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[cg7-1] 1 2 3 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

[nps1-2] 1 2 3 GRAND HAVEN SOUTH PIERHEAD LIGHTS

[tri-3] "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2007-05-25.

[wee-4] "NHLPA 2009 Program, Notices of Availability". www.nps.gov/maritime. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2009.

[5] "Public safety and lakeshore piers". WZZM 13. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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