Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light
Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light is a lighthouse in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fog Signal House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cleveland West Pierhead Light, sometimes called Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light, is a lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2023, the United States General Services Administration (GSA) announced that the lighthouse would be sold by auction. The lighthouse was sold in September 2023. With that sale not closing, in April 2026 the GSA was attempting to donate it.
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Dates from 1884.
Wikidata Q28374708, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1910
- Height
- 15.2 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 1.1 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 13.5 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cleveland Coast Guard Station: 0.5 mi
- Wendy Park: 0.7 mi
- Voinovich Park: 1.1 mi
- Fort Huntington Park: 1.1 mi
- Settler's Landing Park: 1.2 mi
- Jesse Owens: 1.1 mi
- Oliver Hazard Perry: 1.1 mi
- Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd: 1.2 mi
- Pulaski Square: 1.3 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 1.4 mi
- The Real Farmville: 1.2 mi
- Superior Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Kentucky Garden: 1.6 mi
- Herman Avenue Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Friends of Historical Westside Little Italy Garden: 1.7 mi
- Flames Sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Terminal: 1.3 mi
- Bug Screen: 1.3 mi
- Free Stamp: 1.3 mi
- Viscaya Cannon: 1.3 mi
- Great Lakes Science Center: 1.1 mi
- International Women's Air and Space Museum: 1.4 mi
- Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum: 1.5 mi
- Western Reserve Fire Museum: 1.9 mi
- Ukrainian Museum-Archives: 2.5 mi
- Meadow Ridge Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Morgan's Hollow Reserved Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Scenic Park Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Windy Ridge Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Trolley Turn Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- SS William G. Mather: 1.0 mi
- NASA Glenn Visitor Center: 1.1 mi
- Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland: 1.3 mi
- USS Cod Submarine Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Torpedo: 1.4 mi
- Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Euclid Creek Reservation: 10.3 mi
- Baldwin Creek Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Terra Vista Natural Study Area: 11.4 mi
- Acacia Reservation: 11.6 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Dugway Brook Falls: 7.5 mi
- Columbia Beach Falls: 9.6 mi
- Berea Falls: 11.9 mi
- Quarry Lane Horseshoe Falls: 12.4 mi
- Edgewater Beach: 1.8 mi
- K-9 Coastline: 2.0 mi
- Perkins Beach: 2.3 mi
- Clifton Beach: 6.1 mi
- Villa Beach: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Point: 11.3 mi
- Cuyahoga County high point: 14.5 mi
- Orange Hill: 14.7 mi
- Summit County high point: 18.2 mi
- Waite Hill: 19.3 mi
- Princess Ledges: 18.1 mi
- Princess Ledges: 18.2 mi
- Whipps Ledges: 20.0 mi
- Wordens Ledges: 21.0 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Hinkley Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Southbound: 22.1 mi
- Summit Interstate 77 Northbound: 22.2 mi
- Brandywine Village: 18.6 mi
- Murraysville: 24.1 mi
- Newbury Center: 24.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 0.0 mi
- Cleveland East Pierhead Light: 0.1 mi
- White Oak Spring: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cleveland Harbor Main Entrance Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County high point | S 171° | 404 m | 18.2 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | ESE 108° | 399 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cuyahoga County high point | S 173° | 390 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sand Hill | E 88° | 381 m | 23.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 69° | 374 m | 24.5 mi |
| Piersons Knob | ENE 72° | 365 m | 21.6 mi |
| Orange Hill | E 95° | 360 m | 14.7 mi |
| Gildersleeve Mountain | ENE 72° | 354 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:23 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:16 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 83001950OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Cleveland West Pierhead Light, reference 83001950, listed 08/04/83.
OpenStreetMap element way/414659280
Day trips start here
- Cleveland · 1 mi
- Greater Cleveland · 1 mi
- Cleveland/Downtown · 2 mi
- Cleveland/West Side · 3 mi
- Cleveland/East Side · 4 mi
- Cuyahoga County · 4 mi
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