Fog Signal Building
Fog Signal Building is a lighthouse in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Powder Hill stands 405 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Washington Light Station, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States.
Dates from 1849.
Wikidata Q7231030, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1934
What to expect
- Operated by
- Port Washington Historical Society
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 0.3 mi
- Coal Dock: 0.4 mi
- Coal Dock Park: 0.4 mi
- Stacker Park: 0.6 mi
- Oakland Avenue Green: 0.7 mi
- Melvin Wester Belgium Memorial Post 412: 7.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.7 mi
- Generations Memorial: 8.8 mi
- 100 Years: 8.8 mi
- Dedicated to those who served: 8.8 mi
- Ajuga Daydream: 15.3 mi
- Little Dancer, At 14: 15.9 mi
- Bird of Hope and Joy: 15.9 mi
- Elk: 17.7 mi
- On Watch: 18.0 mi
- Sauk Creek Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Ulao Waterfowl Production Area: 3.7 mi
- Kurtz Woods State Natural Area: 4.7 mi
- Harrington Beach State Park: 7.9 mi
- Tipi: 12.6 mi
- Pleasure Valley Pumpkins: 17.3 mi
- Sprecher Brewery: 20.3 mi
- Juneteenth Day: 22.2 mi
- Summer Soulstice Music Festival: 22.9 mi
- Ozaukee County Pioneer Village: 7.1 mi
- Pioneer Village: 7.1 mi
- Luxembourg American Cultural Society & Center: 8.0 mi
- Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: 8.5 mi
- Cedarburg Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- President's Courtyard: 9.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 10.5 mi
- Community Church Garden: 15.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
- Florence Lambert Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- South Beach: 0.6 mi
- Public Beach: 3.1 mi
- North Beach: 8.1 mi
- Private Beach: 13.2 mi
- Bradford Beach: 22.7 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 8.8 mi
- Pet Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 22.2 mi
- Mount Bayside: 14.5 mi
- Fox Hill: 19.5 mi
- Powder Hill: 22.9 mi
- Dundee Mountain: 23.5 mi
- McMullen Hill: 24.2 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 0.0 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 0.6 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Stonehaven: 7.7 mi
- Winooski: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fog Signal Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Hill | WSW 257° | 405 m | 22.9 mi |
| Dundee Mountain | NW 321° | 366 m | 23.5 mi |
| Conner Hill | NNW 328° | 356 m | 24.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | W 266° | 352 m | 19.5 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NNW 329° | 351 m | 24.7 mi |
| McMullen Hill | NW 326° | 341 m | 24.2 mi |
| Garriety Hill | NNW 327° | 337 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:32 | 16:19 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Washington, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 99001222OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Port Washington Light Station, reference 99001222, listed 09/29/99.
OpenStreetMap element way/1320717143
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