List of lighthouses in Ohio

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Ohio.

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Ohio". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear first litAutomatedYear deactivatedCurrent LensFocal Height
Ashtabula Harbor Light Ashtabula harbor light.JPG Ashtabula 41°55′07″N80°47′45″W / 41.9186°N 80.7959°W / 41.9186; -80.7959 19051973Active
(Also a museum)
Optic51 ft (16 m)
Cedar Point Light Lighthouse at Cedar Point.jpg Sandusky
(Cedar Point)
41°29′18″N82°41′36″W / 41.488220°N 82.693441°W / 41.488220; -82.693441 1839 (Former)
1862 (Current)
Never1975UnknownUnknown
Conneaut West Breakwater Lighthouse Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater light.jpg Conneaut N/A19361972Active375mmUnknown
Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light
(Originally: West Pierhead)
Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse (61127961).jpg Fairport Harbor 41°46′4.30″N81°16′52.25″W / 41.7678611°N 81.2811806°W / 41.7678611; -81.2811806 1911 (Former)
1925 (Current)
UnknownActive
(Also a private home)
Unknown56 ft (17 m)
Fairport Harbor East Pierhead Light Fairport Harbor N/A1875 [1] Never1911 [1]
(Removed)
NoneUnknown
Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse
(aka: Northwood Light)
Grand Lake St. Marys Lighthouse.jpg Celina 40°32′36″N84°28′53″W / 40.54333°N 84.48139°W / 40.54333; -84.48139 19231982ActiveUnknown135 ft (41 m)
Fairport Harbor Light Fairport Marine Museum - Fairport Harbor, OH 2.jpg Fairport Harbor 41°45′25.07″N81°16′38.33″W / 41.7569639°N 81.2773139°W / 41.7569639; -81.2773139 1825 (Former)
1871 (Current)
Never1925NoneUnknown
Green Island Light Green Island Light (Ottawa County, Ohio).jpg Put-in-Bay Township
(Green Island)
41°38′44″N82°52′03″W / 41.6455°N 82.8675°W / 41.6455; -82.8675 1855 (Former)
1864 (Current)
19261939
(Now in ruins)
NoneUnknown
Huron Harbor Light Huron Harbor Light OH.jpg Huron 41°24′16.59″N82°32′37.65″W / 41.4046083°N 82.5437917°W / 41.4046083; -82.5437917 1835 (Former)
1936 (Current)
1972
(Fully)
Active375mm80 ft (24 m)
Lorain West Breakwater Light
(aka: Lorain Harbor Light)
Lorain West Breakwater Light.jpg Lorain 41°28′39.28″N82°11′25.90″W / 41.4775778°N 82.1905278°W / 41.4775778; -82.1905278 1836 (Former)
1917 (Current)
Never1966NoneUnknown
Manhattan Range Front Light
(aka: Manhattan Range Lights)
Toledo N/A1895 [2] (Former)
1918 [2] (Current)
UnknownActive [2] Unknown40 ft (12 m) [2]
Manhattan Rear Range Light
(aka: Manhattan Range Lights)
Toledo N/A1895 [2] (Former)
1918 [2] (Current)
UnknownActive [2] Unknown86 ft (26 m) [2]
Marblehead Light Marblehead.jpg Marblehead 41°32′11.2″N82°42′42.2″W / 41.536444°N 82.711722°W / 41.536444; -82.711722 18211958Active300mm60 ft (18 m)
Port Clinton Light PortClinton 1904 cg.jpg Port Clinton 41°30′54″N82°56′04″W / 41.5150°N 82.9344°W / 41.5150; -82.9344 1833 (Former)
1896 (Current)
1926ActiveFifth order Fresnel lens
(Replica [3] )
26 ft (7.9 m)
Sandusky Pierhead Light Sandusky N/A1925 (Former)
1990s (Current)
AlwaysActiveUnknown66 ft (20 m)
(Former)
South Bass Island Light South bass island light.JPG Put-in-Bay Township
(South Bass Island)
41°37′44″N82°50′29″W / 41.6290°N 82.8415°W / 41.6290; -82.8415 1897Never1962NoneUnknown
Toledo Harbor Light Toledo Harbor Light.jpg Jerusalem Township 41°45′42″N83°19′42″W / 41.76167°N 83.32833°W / 41.76167; -83.32833 19041965Active300mm72 ft (22 m)
Turtle Island Light Toledo [4]
(Turtle Island)
41°45′09″N83°23′28″W / 41.75250°N 83.39111°W / 41.75250; -83.39111
(Island Coordinates)
1831 (Former)
1866 (Current)
Never1904
(Now Ruins)
NoneUnknown
Vermilion Light Vermilion Lighthouse in Vermilion, Ohio.jpg Vermilion 41°25′28.8″N82°21′59.7″W / 41.424667°N 82.366583°W / 41.424667; -82.366583 1847 (Former)
1877 (Current)
1991 (Replica)
19201929
(Dismantled)
Fifth order Fresnel lens
(Replica)
Unknown
West Sister Island Light WestsisterislandWith.jpg Jerusalem Township 41°44′23″N83°6′19″W / 41.73972°N 83.10528°W / 41.73972; -83.10528
(Island Coordinates)
18481937ActiveUnknownUnknown

References

  1. 1 2 "Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Manhattan Range, OH". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Port Clinton Light". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Archinger, Warren (December 20, 2004). "Ohio Lighthouses—Turtle Island Light, Maumee Bay—Lake Erie". Mudjaw Systems. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2010.