North Point Lighthouse
The story
The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was also added to the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey as survey HABS WI-358.
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Wikidata Q7056375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1879
- Height
- 74 ft
What to expect
- Operated by
- North Point Lighthouse Museum
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Point Light Station: 0.0 mi
- Brigadier General Erastus B. Wolcott: 0.1 mi
- Gilman Triangle: 0.4 mi
- On Land and On Water: 0.4 mi
- Mary E. Spence Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Eight Stone Lions: 0.0 mi
- Hermes: 0.7 mi
- Ceres: 0.7 mi
- Giraffe: 0.8 mi
- glitch frog: 0.8 mi
- Gilman Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Newberry Boulevard Park: 0.5 mi
- Prospect Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Water Tower Park: 0.6 mi
- Back Bay Park: 0.9 mi
- Summer Soulstice Music Festival: 0.8 mi
- Skyline Music: 1.7 mi
- Juneteenth Day: 2.2 mi
- Bastille Days: 2.3 mi
- Lakefront Festival of Art: 2.3 mi
- Downer Woods: 1.1 mi
- Shorewood Nature Conservancy: 1.4 mi
- Lakeshore State Park: 2.6 mi
- Menomonee Valley Bioretention Facility: 4.4 mi
- Indian Prairie Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Apartment Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ron Mann Butterfly Garden: 0.9 mi
- Victory Garden Urban Farm: 2.1 mi
- All People's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Cudahy Garden: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 5.1 mi
- Bradford Beach: 0.3 mi
- McKinley Beach: 1.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
- Private Beach: 9.5 mi
- Grant Park Beach: 10.7 mi
- North Point Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light: 22.1 mi
- Port Washington Light Station: 22.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.5 mi
- Root Creek: 9.2 mi
- Brookfield Center: 13.9 mi
- Raymond Center: 19.6 mi
- Denoon: 21.3 mi
- Silurian Spring: 18.2 mi
- Hygeia Spring: 21.2 mi
- Mount Bayside: 8.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Allis, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 93000339OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/403385111
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