North Breakwater Light
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North Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. The nearest named place is Stearns Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Ludington Light is a 57-foot (17 m) tall steel-plated lighthouse in Ludington, Michigan, which lies along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, at the end of the breakwater on the Pere Marquette Harbor. Given its location on the northern breakwater where the Pere Marquette River meets Lake Michigan, it is sometimes known as the Ludington North Breakwater Light. Underlying the building itself is a prow-like structure, which is designed to break waves.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1871.
Wikidata Q6698798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1924
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stearns Park: 0.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Father Marquette Park and Shrine: 1.1 mi
- Buttersville Park: 1.5 mi
- Inman Road Property: 3.1 mi
- Ludington State Park: 5.7 mi
- Dumaw Woodland Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Po Boy Hunting Club: 15.9 mi
- Baker Island: 18.7 mi
- Port of Ludington Maritime Museum: 0.5 mi
- Sandcastles Children's Museum: 1.1 mi
- Epworth Assembly: 1.7 mi
- Historic White Pine Village: 2.1 mi
- Western Michigan Old Engine Club: 9.8 mi
- Making Memories: 0.8 mi
- Reflections: 0.8 mi
- Ludington's Lumbering Era: 0.9 mi
- Follow the Leader: 0.9 mi
- Flights of Learning Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- The First Curve: 2.8 mi
- Hamlin Lake beach: 5.8 mi
- Dunes Waterfront Beach: 19.8 mi
- 1st Street Beach: 21.2 mi
- Fifth Avenue Beach: 21.5 mi
- Silver Lake State Park ORV Scramble Area: 18.4 mi
- Mac Wood's Dune Rides: 20.5 mi
- United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia: 22.5 mi
- SS City of Milwaukee: 22.5 mi
- Ludington Rest Area 328: 6.5 mi
- Hart Rest Area 530: 21.1 mi
- Notipekago: 12.5 mi
- Oceana County Veterans Monument: 18.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 18.1 mi
- Test Hill: 18.3 mi
- Big Sable Point Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Beanville: 18.0 mi
- Hoags Lake Day Use Area: 19.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:49 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:24 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ludington 4 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000982OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Ludington North Breakwater Light, reference 05000982, listed 09/06/05.
OpenStreetMap element way/1339212907
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