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″N 92°05′17″W / 46.7810°N 92.0881°W / 46.7810; -92.0881 (Duluth North Pier Light) 1910 Unknown Active LED 46 ft (14 m)
Duluth South Breakwater
Inner Light		 Duluth 46°46′44″N 92°05′30″W / 46.7788°N 92.0918°W / 46.7788; -92.0918 (Duluth South Breakwater Light) 1889 (Former)
1901 (Current)		 1976 Active LED 68 ft (21 m)
Duluth South Breakwater
Outer Light		 Duluth 46°46′48″N 92°05′15″W / 46.7801°N 92.0875°W / 46.7801; -92.0875 (Duluth South Breakwater Light) 1874 (Former)
1901 (Current)		 1976 Active Unknown 44 ft (13 m)
Grand Marais Light Grand Marais 47°44′43″N 90°20′16″W / 47.7452°N 90.3379°W / 47.7452; -90.3379 (Grand Marais Light) 1885 (Former)
1922 (Current)		 1937 Active Fifth-order Fresnel 48 ft (15 m)
Minnesota Point Light Duluth 46°42′36″N 92°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″N 91°22′02″W / 47.1999°N 91.3671°W / 47.1999; -91.3671 (Split Rock Light)[5] 1910 Never 1969
(Now a museum)		 None 168 ft (51 m)[5]
Two Harbors Light Two Harbors 47°00′50″N 91°39′49″W / 47.0140°N 91.6635°W / 47.0140; -91.6635 (Two Harbors Light) 1892 1980 Active
(Also a museum)		 DCB-224 78 ft (24 m)
Two Harbors Breakwater Light Two Harbors N/A 1902[6] Unknown Active
(Inactive: 1947-1950[6])		 Unknown 33.5 ft (10.2 m)[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lighthouses of the United States: Minnesota". Russ Rowlett.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Minnesota". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  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
  5. 1 2 "Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota". LighthouseFriends.
  6. 1 2 3 "Two Harbors Breakwater, MN". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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