Sherwood Point Light

Sherwood Point Light

Location	Idlewild, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°53′34″N87°26′0.36″W / 44.89278°N 87.4334333°W / 44.89278; -87.4334333 [1] [2]
Tower
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Brick
Automated	1983
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Shape	Square [1]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1883
Focal height	18.5 m (61 ft)
Lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) [1]
Characteristic	White, Isophase 6 s [1]
Sherwood Point Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR (Archived October 17, 2012)
NRHP reference No.	84003663 [3]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Idlewild in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.

Situated on the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ^[3]

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Further reading

• Havighurst, Walter. The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes. Macmillan, 1943.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. ISBN   0-932212-98-0.
• Sapulski, Wayne S. Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. ISBN   0-923568-47-6.
• Wright, Larry and Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. ISBN   1-55046-399-3.

References

1. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
2. Sherwood Point Lighthouse in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 15, 2019
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

External links

• Sherwood Point Lighthouse Archived January 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , Door County Maritime Museum
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sherwood Point Light Station (Archived May 9, 2021)
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
• Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on April 2, 2022.
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WI-110, " Sherwood Point Light Station, Sherwood Point Road at the mouth (west side) of Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI ", 19 photos, 1 data page, 5 photo caption pages