Old Lighthouse Museum
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Old Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tool Shed, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 10 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Harriet Colfax served as keeper from 1861 to 1904.
The story
The Old Michigan City Light is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana. Built in 1858 at a cost of $8,000, this lighthouse, replaced an 1837 brick & stone light built at the edge of Lake Michigan. It was the second light at the site, and the predecessor to the Michigan City East Light, to which the lantern, lens and light were moved in 1904; it being the new light at the end of the newly extended pier. It was remodeled in 1904. Seven Lighthouse keepers and fourteen assistant keepers served here from 1837 to 1940. A fourth order Fresnel lens is on display. It is one of a dozen past or present lighthouses in Indiana.
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Wikidata Q7084510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1858
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Millennium Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Washington Park: 0.3 mi
- Charles R. Westcott Park: 0.5 mi
- Canada Park: 0.6 mi
- Hanson Park: 1.0 mi
- Barker Woods Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- NIPSCO and Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 3.8 mi
- Shirley Heinze Land Trust: 3.8 mi
- Father Basil Moreau Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Trail Creek Fen Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Bismarck Hill: 0.6 mi
- Crescent Dune: 0.9 mi
- Mount Baldy: 1.5 mi
- Mount McCray: 2.0 mi
- Mount Jensen: 2.4 mi
- Petting Yard: 0.3 mi
- Alligators: 0.3 mi
- Australian Aviary: 0.3 mi
- Hawks: 0.3 mi
- Monkey Island: 0.3 mi
- Navy Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.1 mi
- Coast Guard Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Marine Corps Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- PFC Daniel D. Bruce: 0.1 mi
- Washington Park Beach: 0.4 mi
- Stop 2 Beach: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Dune Beach: 1.1 mi
- Stop 7 Beach: 1.4 mi
- Mount Baldy Beach: 1.9 mi
- Barker Mansion: 0.6 mi
- Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery: 5.3 mi
- New Buffalo Railroad Museum: 9.6 mi
- New Buffalo Pere Marquette Depot: 9.6 mi
- Hesston Steam Museum: 11.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Flower Garden: 0.4 mi
- Daylily Garden: 6.0 mi
- Hosta Garden: 6.0 mi
- Duet: 0.5 mi
- Potawatomi Warrior: 12.2 mi
- La Porte History Mural: 12.3 mi
- Orville Redenbacher: 19.4 mi
- Tuskegee Airmen: 19.5 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 5.3 mi
- Indiana Dunes National Park Tremont Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- West Beach Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Hardwoods: 21.3 mi
- Tool Shed: 0.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.0 mi
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light: 0.5 mi
- Breakwater Light: 0.6 mi
- Indiana Welcome Center: 5.9 mi
- Michigan Welcome Center 707: 9.0 mi
- Rest Area Trucks Only: 9.5 mi
- 1 Foot Falls: 7.2 mi
- Tremont: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Lighthouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | E 100° | 280.4 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Edward | NE 49° | 242 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Randall | NE 51° | 235 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tower Hill | NE 51° | 233 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pikes Peak | NE 51° | 229 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Fuller | NE 51° | 227 m | 19.8 mi |
| Great Warren Dune | NE 50° | 225 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Lieber | WSW 247° | 214 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana Dunes NP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000023OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Michigan City Lighthouse, reference 74000023, listed 11/05/74.
OpenStreetMap element way/494078911
Day trips start here
- Indiana Dunes National Park · 12 mi
- Portage · 17 mi
- Lake Station · 21 mi
- Hobart · 23 mi
- Gary · 24 mi
- Merrillville · 28 mi
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