Old Lighthouse Walkway
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Old Lighthouse Walkway is a lighthouse in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Sugar Rock stands 174 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Island Wildlife Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
lighthouse on Lake Erie in Ohio, United States
Dates from 1855.
Wikidata Q5602719, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1864
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 17 mi
- Observation tower · 25 mi
- Duck blind · 25 mi
- Big Hill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Island Wildlife Area: 0.0 mi
- Gump Woods: 1.5 mi
- Ladd Carr Wildlife Woods: 1.7 mi
- Duff Woods Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 1.8 mi
- Benson Ford Shiphouse: 1.4 mi
- Butterfly House: 1.9 mi
- Perry's Cave Family Fun Center: 1.9 mi
- Civilian Marksmanship Program HQ: 10.6 mi
- Lagoon deer park: 14.2 mi
- South Bass Island State Park: 1.5 mi
- Captain Alfred Parker Park: 1.5 mi
- South Bass Island Lighthouse Park: 1.7 mi
- Oak Point State Park: 2.2 mi
- DeRivera Park: 2.6 mi
- Hotel Victory Ruins: 1.4 mi
- Hotel Victory Pool Ruins: 1.4 mi
- Hotel Victory: 1.4 mi
- Jay Cooke Mansion: 2.5 mi
- Cooke Castle: 2.5 mi
- Stone Beach: 1.5 mi
- Lime Kiln Beach: 1.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 2.6 mi
- Deleware Avenue Beach: 2.8 mi
- Burgundy Beach: 3.8 mi
- Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 1.8 mi
- Skip's Antique Car Barn: 1.9 mi
- Lake Erie Island Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Historical Association Museum: 8.7 mi
- Lakeside Heritage Museum: 9.2 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 1.5 mi
- Atlas: 1.9 mi
- Scheible-Downing Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Joseph DeRivera Statue: 2.5 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 8.0 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 0.1 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 11.0 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 11.0 mi
- West Sister Island Light: 14.1 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 3.7 mi
- School Garden: 8.6 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 9.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.7 mi
- Canvasback Point: 13.8 mi
- Willow Point: 14.1 mi
- Winous Point: 14.4 mi
- Sugar Rock: 5.6 mi
- Taft Hill: 11.0 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- westbound rest area: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Lighthouse Walkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Rock | S 174° | 174 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:28 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 90001909OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/344919652
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 17 mi
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