List of lighthouses in Wisconsin

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List , ^[1] 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
Algoma Pierhead Light		Algoma		1932	1973	Active	Plastic	04848 ft (15 m)
Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light		Ashland		1915	1962	Active	250mm	06060 ft (18 m)
Asylum Light		Oshkosh		Never Lit	N/A	N/A	None	Unknown
Baileys Harbor Light		Baileys Harbor	[3]	1853	Never	1869 (Now a private home)	None	05454 ft (16 m) [4]
Baileys Harbor Range Front Light		Baileys Harbor	[5]	1870	1930	Active (Inactive: 1969–2015)	LED	02121 ft (6.4 m) [4]
Baileys Harbor Range Rear Light		Baileys Harbor	[6]	1870	1930	Active (Inactive: 1969–2015)	LED	03636 ft (11 m) [4]
Calumet Light		Calumet		1936	Never	Active	Unknown	Unknown
Cana Island Light		Baileys Harbor		1870	1945	Active	Third-Order Fresnel	08383 ft (25 m)
Chambers Island Light		Gibraltar (Chambers Island)	[7]	1868	1955	1961	None	06868 ft (21 m) [7]
Chequamegon Point Light		Apostle Islands (Long Island)		1896 [8]	1964	1987	None	04242 ft (13 m) [8]
Devils Island Light		Apostle Islands (Devils Island)		1891 (Former) 1901 (Current)	1978	Active	Third-order Fresnel	100100 ft (30 m)
Dunlap Reef Range Lights		Sturgeon Bay	N/A	1881	Never	1924 (The rear range light is now a private home)	None	01818 ft (5.5 m) (Front Range) 03939 ft (12 m) (Rear Range)
Eagle Bluff Light		Ephraim		1868	1926	Active	LED Fifth-Order Fresnel Inactive in tower	07575 ft (23 m)
Fond du Lac Light		Fond du Lac		1933	Never	Active	Unknown	Unknown
Grassy Island Range Lights		Green Bay	[9] (Original) [10] (Current)	1872	1934	1966	Sixth-Order Fresnel (Replicas)	03535 ft (11 m) [4] (Upper light) 27 ft (8.2 m) [4] (Lower light)
Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light		Green Bay		1935	1979	Active	Unknown	07272 ft (22 m)
Green Island Light		Peshtigo (Green Island)	[11]	1863	1933	1956 (Now in ruins)	None	05555 ft (17 m) [11]
Gull Island Light		Apostle Islands (Gull Island)		1929	Always	Active	250mm	05656 ft (17 m)
Kenosha Light (Orig: Kenosha North Pierhead Light)		Kenosha	[12]	1840 (Former) 1867 (Current)	1996 (Relit)	Active (Inactive: 1906–1996)	Replica	05050 ft (15 m) [4]
Kenosha North Pier Light		Kenosha		1848 (Former) 1906 (Current)	1925	Active	Fourth-order Fresnel	05050 ft (15 m)
Kevich Light		Grafton		1981	Always	Active	Halide lamps	163163 ft (50 m)
Kewaunee Pierhead Light		Kewaunee		1889 (Former) 1931 (Current)	1981	Active	Vega-44 LED	04545 ft (14 m)
La Pointe Light		Apostle Islands (Long Island)		1858 (Former) 1896 (Current)	1964	Active	300mm	07070 ft (21 m)
Long Tail Point Light (First)		Green Bay	[13]	1848	Never	1859 (Now in ruins)	None	05656 ft (17 m)
Long Tail Point Light (Second)		Green Bay	N/A	1859	Never	1899 (Destroyed in 1936)	None	Unknown
Long Tail Point Light (Third)		Green Bay	N/A	1899	1936	1973 (Destroyed)	None	Unknown
Manitowoc Breakwater Light		Manitowoc		1839 (Former) 1918 (Current)	1971	Active	Unknown	05252 ft (16 m)
Michigan Island Light (New)		Apostle Islands (Michigan Island)		1929	1943	Active	LED	170170 ft (52 m)
Michigan Island Light (Old)		Apostle Islands (Michigan Island)	N/A	1857	Never	1929 (Replaced)	None	Unknown
Milwaukee Breakwater Light		Milwaukee		1899 (Former) 1926 (Current)	1966	Active	Unknown	06161 ft (19 m)
Milwaukee Pierhead Light		Milwaukee		1872	1939	Active	Unknown	04848 ft (15 m)
Neenah Light (aka:Kimberly Point Lighthouse)		Neenah	N/A	1945	Always	Active	Unknown	Unknown
North Point Light		Milwaukee	[14]	1855 (Former) 1888 (Current)	1943	1994	None	154154 ft (47 m) [14]
Outer Island Light		Apostle Islands (Outer Island)		1874	1961	Active	VRB-25	130130 ft (40 m)
Peshtigo Reef Light		Green Bay (Offshore)		1936	Always	Active	Unknown	07272 ft (22 m)
Pilot Island Light		Gills Rock		1858	1962	Active	LED	04848 ft (15 m)
Plum Island Range Front Light		Plum Island	(Current location)	1897	Never	1964	None	03232 ft (9.8 m) [4]
Plum Island Range Rear Light		Plum Island		1897	1969	Active	LED	08484 ft (26 m)
Port Washington Light		Port Washington	[15]	1849 (Former) 1860 (Current)	Never	1903 (Now a museum)	Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica)	113133 ft (41 m) [16]
Port Washington Breakwater Light		Port Washington	[17]	1889 (Former) 1935 (Current)	1976	Active	Unknown	07878 ft (24 m)
Pottawatomie Light		Rock Island		1836 (Former) 1858 (Current)	1946	1988	Fourth-order Fresnel (Replica)	159159 ft (48 m)
Racine Harbor Light		Racine	[18]	1839 (Former) 1901 (Current)	Never	1901	None	07575 ft (23 m)
Racine North Breakwater Light		Racine	[19]	1872 (Former) 1904 (Current)	Unknown	1987 [19]	None	05353 ft (16 m) [20]
Racine Reef Light		Racine		1899 (Former) 1906 (Current)	1954	1961	None	07272 ft (22 m) [4]
Raspberry Island Light		Apostle Islands (Raspberry Island)	[21]	1862	1947	1957 (Now a museum)	None	07777 ft (23 m) [22]
Rawley Point Light		Two Rivers		1874 (Former) 1894 (Current)	1979	Active	Optic	113113 ft (34 m)
Rockwell Light (aka: Bray's Point Light)		Oshkosh	N/A	1910	Unknown	1965 (Estimated)	None	02626 ft (7.9 m)
Sand Island Light		Apostle Islands (Sand Island)		1881	1921	Active (Inactive: 1933–1985)	LED	06060 ft (18 m)
Sheboygan Lighthouse		Sheboygan		1839 (Former) 1915 (Current)	Unknown	Active	Unknown	05555 ft (17 m)
Sherwood Point Light		Nasewaupee (Idlewild)		1883	1983	Active	LED	06161 ft (19 m)
Sturgeon Bay Canal Light		Sturgeon Bay		1899	1972	Active	Third-Order Fresnel Lens (Rotating)	107107 ft (33 m)
Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light		Sturgeon Bay		1882 (Former) 1903 (Current)	1972	Active	300mm	04040 ft (12 m)
Superior Entry Breakwater Light (aka: Wisconsin Point Light)		Superior		1913	1970	Active	DCB-224	07070 ft (21 m)
Two Rivers Light		Two Rivers	(Original) [23] (Current)	1886	Never	1969 (Now a museum)	None	03535 ft (11 m) [24]
Wind Point Light		Racine (Wind Point)		1880	1964	Active	VRB-25	111111 ft (34 m)

References

1. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
3. "Baileys Harbor Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
4. Pepper, Terry. "Focal Heights". Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
5. "Baleys Harbor Range Lights". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
6. Light List: Great Lakes, United States and Canada. Government Printing Office. 1925. p.  220 . Retrieved February 27, 2014. baileys harbor front.
7. "Chambers Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
8. Pepper, Terry. "Chequamegon Point Light" . Retrieved February 24, 2014.
9. Light List: Great Lakes: United States and Canada. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1924. p.  230 . Retrieved February 8, 2015.
10. "Grassy Island Rage, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
11. "Green Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
12. "Kenosha Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
13. "Long Tail Point, WI". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
14. "North Point Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
15. Anderson, Kraig. "Port Washington, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
16. Pepper, Terry. "Port Washington Main Lighthouse" . Retrieved February 24, 2014.
17. "Port Washington Breakwater, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
18. "Racine Harbor, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
19. "Racine Breakwater, WI". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
20. Racine Harbor (nautical chart). 1:10,000. NOAA. 1984. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
21. "Raspberry Island Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
22. Pepper, Terry. "Raspberry Island Lighthouse" . Retrieved February 25, 2014.
23. "Two Rivers Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
24. Pepper, Terry. "Focal Heights" . Retrieved October 2, 2015.

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