Breakwater Light
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Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Michigan City East Pierhead Light, a lighthouse 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 11 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lighthouse in the United States.
Dates from 1911.
Wikidata Q82458937, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1911
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Millennium Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Washington Park: 0.8 mi
- Canada Park: 1.0 mi
- Charles R. Westcott Park: 1.1 mi
- Putting Green Park: 1.5 mi
- Barker Woods Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Father Basil Moreau Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- NIPSCO and Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 4.3 mi
- Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 4.4 mi
- Trail Creek Fen Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Bismarck Hill: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Dune: 1.1 mi
- Mount Baldy: 1.6 mi
- Mount McCray: 2.1 mi
- Mount Jensen: 2.4 mi
- Air Force Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- POW-MIA Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Army Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 0.6 mi
- PFC Daniel D. Bruce: 0.6 mi
- Australian Aviary: 0.7 mi
- Alligators: 0.7 mi
- Petting Yard: 0.7 mi
- Bengal tiger: 0.7 mi
- Otters: 0.8 mi
- Washington Park Beach: 0.6 mi
- Stop 2 Beach: 1.2 mi
- Crescent Dune Beach: 1.2 mi
- Stop 7 Beach: 1.6 mi
- Mount Baldy Beach: 1.9 mi
- Barker Mansion: 1.2 mi
- Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery: 5.4 mi
- New Buffalo Railroad Museum: 9.8 mi
- New Buffalo Pere Marquette Depot: 9.8 mi
- Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center: 12.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Flower Garden: 0.8 mi
- Daylily Garden: 6.1 mi
- Hosta Garden: 6.1 mi
- Duet: 0.8 mi
- Potawatomi Warrior: 12.9 mi
- La Porte History Mural: 12.9 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen: 19.3 mi
- Octave Chanute: 19.3 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 5.2 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park Tremont Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- West Beach Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Hardwoods: 21.8 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light: 0.1 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 0.6 mi
- Tool Shed: 0.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.7 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 9.2 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 9.9 mi
- 1 Foot Falls: 7.5 mi
- Tremont: 8.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Breakwater Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | E 101° | 280 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Edward | NE 50° | 242 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Randall | NE 53° | 235 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tower Hill | NE 53° | 233 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pikes Peak | NE 53° | 229 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Fuller | NE 53° | 227 m | 19.8 mi |
| Great Warren Dune | NE 52° | 225 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Lieber | WSW 245° | 214 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana Dunes NP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6553280493
Day trips start here
- Indiana Dunes National Park · 12 mi
- Portage · 17 mi
- Lake Station · 21 mi
- Hobart · 23 mi
- Gary · 24 mi
- Merrillville · 28 mi
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