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Name: Peninsula Point Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Rapid River, Michigan, United States

Location: Stonington Peninsula, northwestern Lake Michigan.


Click to enlarge: Photo   
Photo: Robert Baisley

Managing Organization:
Hiawatha National Forest

Telephone: 906-786-4062

Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/hiawatha/
Email: mailroom/r9_hiawatha@fs.fed.us

Notes:
The keeper's house at this lighthouse burned down in 1959. The lighthouse, which was replaced by Minneapolis Shoal Light in 1936, is now located within a picnic area in the Hiawatha National Forest.

Tower Height: 40

Description of Tower: Square brick tower.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1866

Date Present Tower Built: 1866

Date Deactivated: 1936

Current Use: Attraction in national forest.

Open To Public? Yes.

Directions:
The lighthouse is in Hiawatha National Forest on County Road 513, south of US Route 2.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places


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