Alpena Light
Alpena Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Hickey Hill stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is South Riverfront Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
The story
The Alpena Light, also known as the Thunder Bay River Lighthouse or Alpena Breakwater Light, is a lighthouse on Lake Huron near Alpena, Michigan. Standing on the north breakwater of Alpena Harbor, the light marks the entrance to the Thunder Bay River from Thunder Bay. The current lighthouse, built in 1914, replaced earlier wooden structures which had been in use since 1877 and 1888. The current light is a weather-protected structure on a steel frame. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and the state inventory list the same year.
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Dates from 1875.
Wikidata Q4734801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1914
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
128 named places within 25 miles
- South Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
- North Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
- Thomas Stafford Dog Park: 0.4 mi
- Avery Park: 0.4 mi
- Bay View Park: 0.4 mi
- Hello Alpena: 0.4 mi
- American Dog(s): 0.4 mi
- Two Kids on a Bench: 0.4 mi
- Taking Flight: 0.4 mi
- Welcome to Downtown Alpena: 0.4 mi
- Grass Island: 1.9 mi
- Misery Bay Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Alpena Field Office: 5.6 mi
- North Point Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Crooked Island: 6.3 mi
- Lady Michigan: 0.7 mi
- Spaceship Simulator: 5.2 mi
- Sanborn Fishing Pier: 9.4 mi
- Bell Village Chimney: 13.1 mi
- Bruski Sinkhole: 16.7 mi
- The Daniel Carter Family: 0.4 mi
- George N. Fletcher Commemorative Marker: 0.4 mi
- St. Bernard Catholic Church: 0.7 mi
- Alpena County Courthouse: 1.0 mi
- Ossineke Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center: 0.8 mi
- Besser Museum: 1.9 mi
- Presque Isle Township Museum: 20.7 mi
- Manning Hill: 14.3 mi
- Hickey Hill: 17.0 mi
- Mount Maria: 22.1 mi
- Starlite Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bebe Beach: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alpena Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickey Hill | SSW 203° | 306 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Maria | SSW 196° | 282 m | 22.1 mi |
| Manning Hill | W 271° | 280 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:40 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:06 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpena Wwtp, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 06000197OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Alpena Light, reference 06000197, listed 03/29/06.
OpenStreetMap element node/5148666477
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