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Green Island Lighthouse

Green Island Lighthouse, seen from above at true elevation

Green Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Sugar Rock stands 174 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Island Wildlife Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Green Island Light is a lighthouse located on Green Island in Lake Erie, U.S. state of Ohio, to the west of the Bass Islands. Abandoned since its deactivation in 1939, it survives as a hollow shell near the existing skeleton tower.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1855.

Wikidata Q5602719, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1864
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.64558, -82.86739

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Benson Ford Shiphouse: 1.5 mi
  • Butterfly House: 1.9 mi
  • Perry's Cave Family Fun Center: 2.0 mi
  • Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 10.5 mi
  • Lagoon deer park: 14.2 mi
Parks
  • South Bass Island State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Captain Alfred Parker Park: 1.5 mi
  • South Bass Island Lighthouse Park: 1.8 mi
  • Oak Point State Park: 2.3 mi
  • DeRivera Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Hotel Victory Ruins: 1.4 mi
  • Hotel Victory Pool Ruins: 1.5 mi
  • Hotel Victory: 1.5 mi
  • Jay Cooke Mansion: 2.6 mi
  • Cooke Castle: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Stone Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Lime Kiln Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Deleware Avenue Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Burgundy Beach: 3.8 mi
Museums: 15
  • Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 1.9 mi
  • Skip's Antique Car Barn: 2.0 mi
  • Lake Erie Island Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Historical Association Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Lakeside Heritage Museum: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Put-in-Bay Sign: 1.6 mi
  • Atlas: 1.9 mi
  • Scheible-Downing Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Joseph DeRivera Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Memorial Bricks: 3.8 mi
  • School Garden: 8.7 mi
  • George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 9.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Sugar Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Taft Hill: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • westbound rest area: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green Island Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar RockS 173°174 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5820:2821:10
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5616:2017:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038496171757367554434
Precip in1.91.82.63.83.23.73.63.03.12.72.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 90001909OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/344919599

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