Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McCarty Cove, a park 0.1 miles away. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
The Marquette Harbor Light is located on Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan, a part of the Upper Peninsula. It is an active aid to navigation.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1852.
Wikidata Q6772591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1866
- Height
- 12 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
133 named places within 25 miles
- McCarty Cove: 0.1 mi
- Williams Park: 0.6 mi
- Ellwood A Mattson Lower Harbor Park: 0.6 mi
- Shiras Park: 0.7 mi
- Shiras Park at Picnic Rocks: 0.7 mi
- Morgan Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.2 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 5.2 mi
- Little Garlic Falls: 12.7 mi
- Mount Marquette: 2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Ragged Hills: 6.8 mi
- Kona Hills: 7.7 mi
- Marquette Maritime Museum: 0.2 mi
- Upper Peninsula Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Marquette Regional History Center: 1.0 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 9.1 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 0.3 mi
- Dead River Beach: 2.1 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Beach: 6.8 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
- McClintock Annex: 0.6 mi
- Fire Bell: 0.7 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 0.8 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 14.0 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 14.0 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 2.4 mi
- Bartlett King: 5.5 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 8.0 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 11.0 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 19.4 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 1.7 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Black Rocks: 3.2 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 3.5 mi
- The Cut: 5.7 mi
- Last Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 0.9 mi
- Lakenenland: 11.3 mi
- Breakwater Light: 1.9 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marquette Harbor Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | WSW 241° | 571 m | 13.8 mi |
| Wewe Hills | SW 228° | 493 m | 9.2 mi |
| Green Hills | SW 226° | 467 m | 21.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 256° | 457 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ragged Hills | SW 224° | 421 m | 6.8 mi |
| Kona Hills | SW 231° | 416 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 307° | 372 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Marquette | SSW 206° | 337 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:22 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 21:00 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:31 | 16:14 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marquette, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 84001803OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Marquette Harbor Light Station, reference 84001803, listed 07/19/84.
OpenStreetMap element way/522240744
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