Holland Harbor Light
Holland Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Beach Hill stands 242 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ottawa Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Holland Harbor Light, known as BIG RED, is located in Park Township, Michigan at the entrance of a channel connecting Lake Michigan with Lake Macatawa, and which gives access to the city of Holland, Michigan. The lighthouse is on the south side of the channel. There are two modern lights marking the ends of the breakwaters that extend out into the Lake Michigan beyond the lighthouse.
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Dates from 1872.
Wikidata Q5880958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 13 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Holland Historic Lighthouse Commission
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sanctuary Woods: 0.8 mi
- Virginia Park Woods: 1.6 mi
- Idlewood Beach Association: 1.7 mi
- Virginia Park: 1.8 mi
- Tunnel Park: 1.8 mi
- Castle Park Nature Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Dune Pines Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Kuker-Van Til Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Albert C. Keppel Forest Preserve: 2.5 mi
- VanBuren Street Dunes Open Space: 6.6 mi
- The Protector: 5.2 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Fighting Tree and Flying Monkey: 5.3 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Tinman: 5.3 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Dorothy and Toto: 5.3 mi
- Wizard of Oz / Wicked Witch of the North: 5.3 mi
- Albertus C. Van Raalte: 5.4 mi
- Kumaji Kimura Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Motoichiro Ohgimi Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Het Waterhuis Historic Pioneer Marker: 8.4 mi
- Francis Metallic Surfboat: 8.9 mi
- The Cappon House: 4.9 mi
- Holland Museum: 5.4 mi
- Kruizenga Art Museum: 5.8 mi
- Saugatuck-Douglas History Museum at Mount Baldhead Park: 7.7 mi
- Roan & Black: 7.9 mi
- Big White Pine Trailhead: 3.0 mi
- De Zwaan Windmill: 6.2 mi
- Windmill Island Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Organ House: 6.2 mi
- 1929 Antique Dutch Carousel: 6.3 mi
- Ottawa Beach: 0.2 mi
- Macatawa Park Beach: 0.3 mi
- Spyglass Beach: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Bluff Beach: 1.2 mi
- Idlewood Beach: 1.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.1 mi
- Saugatuck Center for the Arts Rain Garden: 8.1 mi
- Back-In-Time Garden: 8.9 mi
- Pride Celebration Garden: 8.9 mi
- Early Morning Garden: 19.6 mi
- Baldy: 2.1 mi
- Pelican Peak: 6.1 mi
- Mount Baldhead: 7.7 mi
- Beach Hill: 16.8 mi
- Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 5.2 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 14.9 mi
- Glenn Rest Area 726: 18.6 mi
- Fruitport Rest Area 502: 22.9 mi
- Singapore: 6.6 mi
- Charleston: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holland Harbor Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Hill | ESE 121° | 242 m | 16.8 mi |
| Baldy | SSE 167° | 233 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Baldhead | S 179° | 233 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pelican Peak | S 176° | 221 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:44 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:29 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holland WTP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/224699872
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