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The following is a list of lighthouses in the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana. These two states are listed together as both have very few lighthouses that are confined to the Great Lakes.
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Illinois". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-19.
| Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Harbor Light |  | Chicago | 41°53′22″N87°35′26″W / 41.88936°N 87.59060°W | 1832 (Former) 1893 (Current) | 1979 | Active | Unknown | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Grosse Point Light |  | Evanston | 42°3′50″N87°40′34″W / 42.06389°N 87.67611°W | 1874 | 1934 | Active (Inactive: 1941–1946) | Second-order Fresnel | 119 ft (36 m) |
| Waukegan Harbor Light |  | Waukegan | 42°21′38.5″N87°48′48.3″W / 42.360694°N 87.813417°W | 1849 (Former) 1899 (Current) | 1939 | Active | Unknown | 36 ft (11 m) |
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Indiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
| Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffington Breakwater Light | Gary | N/A | ||||||
| Calumet Harbor Light | Chicago | N/A | 1851 (Former) 1995 (Current) | Unknown | Active (skeleton tower) | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Gary Harbor Breakwater Light |  | Gary | N/A | 1911 | Unknown | Active | Modern beacon | Unknown |
| Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light |  | Hammond | 41°40′51″N87°26′28″W / 41.68083°N 87.44111°W | 1920 (Former) 1935 (Current) | Unknown | Active | Unknown | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Michigan City Breakwater Light | Michigan City | N/A | 1904 | Never | 1909 (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | |
| Michigan City East Light (East Pierhead Light) |  | Michigan City | 41°43′22″N86°54′21″W / 41.72278°N 86.90583°W | 1904 | 1960 [1] | Active | 2130C | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Michigan City West Pierhead Light | Michigan City | N/A | 1875 | Never | 1906 (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | |
| Old Michigan City Light |  | Michigan City | 41°43′22″N86°54′21″W / 41.72278°N 86.90583°W | 1837 (Former) 1858 (Current) | Never | 1904 (Now a museum) | None | 60 ft (18 m) |
Notable faux lighthouses:
The unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys were navigational aids erected near the Florida Keys between 1921 and 1935. They were intended to mark local hazards and did not need to be visible for as far as the reef lights that were erected near the Keys during the 19th century. By the time the lights in this list were erected, older lighthouses were being automated, and these new lights were designed to be automated from the start. The lights resembled the older reef lights in having a wrought iron skeletal pyramidal structure on a screw-pile foundation. They all originally had lanterns on their peaks, so that they looked like smaller versions of the older reef lights, but had no keeper's quarters.
The Chequamegon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
Los Angeles Harbor Light, also known as Angels Gate Light, is a lighthouse in California, United States, at San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles Harbor, California. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is listed as Los Angeles Light in the USCG Lights list. It is the only lighthouse in the world that emits an emerald-colored light.
Coxsackie Light was a lighthouse near the town of Coxsackie, New York on the northerly end of the Low island northerly of Coxsackie island and on the westerly side of the main channel of the Hudson River.
The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is an automated active lighthouse, and stands at the south end of the northern breakwater protecting the Chicago Harbor, to the east of Navy Pier and the mouth of the Chicago River.
The Michigan City Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana.
The Old Michigan City Light is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana.
Saugerties Light, known also as the Saugerties Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the Hudson River north of Saugerties, New York.
The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island, off Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigational hazard rather than a harbor entrance. The current pair of lighthouses were built in 1861. They were both equipped with first order Fresnel lenses, which stood approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) high and weighed several tons (tonnes).
Bakers Island Light is a historic lighthouse on Bakers Island in Salem, Massachusetts. The station was originally established in 1791, with a daymark. This was replaced in 1798 by two lights atop a keeper's house, one at each end. After storm damage in 1815, an octagonal stone tower was constructed. The current round stone tower was added in 1820. The 1820 tower was taller, leading to the names "Ma" and "Pa". The two remained in service until 1926, when the older, shorter tower was removed.
Horse Island Light, also known as Sackets Harbor Light, is located on Horse Island in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County in New York on Lake Ontario. In July 2017 the 24-acre island was acquired for preservation by the Civil War Trust, aided by a grant from the National Park Service. This was the first grant in the United States made for a War of 1812 site under the NPS battlefield grants program.
The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario near Henderson Bay in New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the US Coast Guard. The site is not open to the public.
Oak Orchard Light was a lighthouse that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario, in New York, United States, at Point Breeze from 1871 to 1916. In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site on the east side of Oak Orchard Creek. Originally it had been built at the end of a long wooden pier on the west side.
Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light is the inner 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. The lighthouse was put up for sale in 2009 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The City of Grand Haven now owns the pier, but it is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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. The lighthouse was put up for sale in 2009 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The City of Grand Haven now owns the pier, but it is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.