List of lighthouses in Minnesota

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858 ^[1] and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light. ^[2]

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , ^[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses. ^[2]

Name	Image	Location	Coordinates	Year first lit	Automated	Year deactivated	Current Lens	Focal Height
Duluth North Pier Light		Duluth	46°46′52″N92°05′17″W / 46.7810°N 92.0881°W / 46.7810; -92.0881 (Duluth North Pier Light)	1910	Unknown	Active	LED	04646 ft (14 m)
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light		Duluth	46°46′44″N92°05′30″W / 46.7788°N 92.0918°W / 46.7788; -92.0918 (Duluth South Breakwater Light)	1889 (Former) 1901 (Current)	1976	Active	LED	06868 ft (21 m)
Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light		Duluth	46°46′48″N92°05′15″W / 46.7801°N 92.0875°W / 46.7801; -92.0875 (Duluth South Breakwater Light)	1874 (Former) 1901 (Current)	1976	Active	LED	04444 ft (13 m)
Grand Marais Light		Grand Marais	47°44′43″N90°20′16″W / 47.7452°N 90.3379°W / 47.7452; -90.3379 (Grand Marais Light)	1885 (Former) 1922 (Current)	1937	Active	LED	04848 ft (15 m)
Minnesota Point Light		Duluth	46°42′36″N92°01′33″W / 46.7100°N 92.0259°W / 46.7100; -92.0259 (Minnesota Point Light) [4]	1858	Never	1913 (Now in ruins)	None	Unknown
Split Rock Lighthouse		Beaver Bay Township	47°12′00″N91°22′02″W / 47.1999°N 91.3671°W / 47.1999; -91.3671 (Split Rock Light) [5]	1910	Never	1969 (Now a museum)	Third-order Fresnel	168168 ft (51 m) [5]
Two Harbors Light		Two Harbors	47°00′50″N91°39′49″W / 47.0140°N 91.6635°W / 47.0140; -91.6635 (Two Harbors Light)	1892	1980	Active (Also a museum)	DCB-224	07878 ft (24 m)
Two Harbors Breakwater Light		Two Harbors	47°00′38″N91°40′10″W / 47.0106°N 91.6695°W / 47.0106; -91.6695 (Two Harbors Breakwater Light)	1906 [6]	Unknown	Active (Inactive: 1947–1950 [6] )	LED	03333.5 ft (10.2 m) [6]

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Minnesota". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Minnesota". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
3. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
4. "calculated using Google Maps and 1952 chart of Duluth–Superior Harbors". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
5. "Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota". LighthouseFriends.
6. "Two Harbors Breakwater, MN". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 20, 2017.