Pilot Island

Pilot Island
Pilot Island from mainland
Pilot Island
Pilot Island
Geography
Location Door County, Wisconsin
Coordinates 45°17′06″N 086°55′11″W / 45.28500°N 86.91972°W / 45.28500; -86.91972Coordinates: 45°17′06″N 086°55′11″W / 45.28500°N 86.91972°W / 45.28500; -86.91972
Adjacent bodies of water Lake Michigan
Highest elevation 581 ft (177.1 m)
Administration

Pilot Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the Town of Washington, in Door County, Wisconsin; it is part of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. An abandoned lighthouse, the Pilot Island Light, rests on the island.[1][2] Pilot Island lies in the middle of the southern opening of the Porte des Morts passage off the tip of the Door Peninsula.

Etymology

Pilot Island earned its name due to the use of the island as a "pilot" by sailors going through the dangerous Porte des Morts passage.[3]

Map of Death's Door islands. Pilot island is located in the southeastern portion.

References

  1. ↑ Seeing The Light - Pilot Island Lighthouse
  2. ↑ LIFE ON PILOT ISLAND - 1955
  3. ↑ "Pilot Island Lighthouse - WI Shipwrecks". www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org. Retrieved 2018-06-26.


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