Kenosha North Pierhead Light
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Kenosha North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Gander Mountain stands 283 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sphere, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Kenosha North Pier Light, also known as the Kenosha North Pierhead Light, is a lighthouse located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. "A typical 'Lake Michigan red tower'", it is a sibling to the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. The light was built in 1906 as a replacement of the old Kenosha Light Station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1906.
Wikidata Q6391315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1906
- Height
- 50 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Christopher Columbus: 0.1 mi
- D-Day Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Leonard Entryway: 2.6 mi
- Harbor Park: 0.3 mi
- Southport Marina Park: 0.3 mi
- Lake Front Park: 0.4 mi
- Simmons Island Park: 0.5 mi
- Wolfenbüttel Park: 0.5 mi
- Wisconsin Welcome Sign: 3.8 mi
- Mars Cheese Castle: 7.6 mi
- Laser Tag: 7.7 mi
- The Vault: 7.7 mi
- Ballocity: 7.7 mi
- Sander's Park Hardwoods (No. 56): 6.1 mi
- Spring Bluff Forest Preserve: 7.1 mi
- North Dunes Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Oak-Hickory Forest Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Kenosha Civil War Museum: 0.3 mi
- Kenosha Public Museum: 0.3 mi
- Kenosha History Center: 0.3 mi
- Southport Light Station Museum: 0.4 mi
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum: 0.8 mi
- Sturtevant Community Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Walden III Rain Garden: 9.2 mi
- Racine Bicentennial Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Walkabout Creek: 11.1 mi
- Bowen Formal Garden: 14.1 mi
- Simmons Island Beach: 0.3 mi
- Eichelman Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pennoyer Beach: 1.2 mi
- Alford Park Beach: 1.7 mi
- North Point Marina Beach: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 6.1 mi
- Sphere: 0.1 mi
- Ma Mère: 0.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.7 mi
- Jockey International Globe: 1.6 mi
- Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument: 9.2 mi
- Leahy Hill: 12.5 mi
- Mount Tom: 19.9 mi
- Gander Mountain: 20.6 mi
- Mount Moriah: 23.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 24.7 mi
- Kenosha Light: 0.4 mi
- Light 2: 19.6 mi
- Light 1: 19.6 mi
- Aurora: 3.9 mi
- Raymond Center: 17.9 mi
- Muskego Settlement: 23.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.1 mi
- Kenosha Rest Area 26 (I-94 WB): 8.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kenosha North Pierhead Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gander Mountain | WSW 252° | 283 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Tom | WNW 283° | 265 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Moriah | WSW 259° | 257 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 235° | 235 m | 24.7 mi |
| Leahy Hill | SSW 205° | 234 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kenosha Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 08000545OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Kenosha North Pierhead Light, reference 08000545, listed 06/24/08.
OpenStreetMap element way/676599470
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