Pointe Betsie Lighthouse
Pointe Betsie Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Champion Hill stands 337 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fog Signal Building, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
lighthouse in Michigan, United States
Dates from 1858.
Wikidata Q7207954, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1858
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bellows Park: 2.5 mi
- Market Square Park: 3.9 mi
- Charlevoix Cannon Park: 4.1 mi
- Lockhart Field: 4.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.2 mi
- Betsie Dunes Nature Santuary: 1.2 mi
- Embayment Lakes Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Elbert Dunes South Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Birch Point Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Betsie River State Game Area: 6.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 3.9 mi
- Elberta Bluffs: 4.5 mi
- Eden Hill: 9.5 mi
- Old Baldy Dune: 11.2 mi
- Champion Hill: 11.7 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Crystal Lake Beach: 1.9 mi
- Congressional Summer Assembly Lake Michigan Beach: 2.0 mi
- Chimney Corners Resort Beach: 2.4 mi
- Frankfort Beach: 4.0 mi
- Elberta Beach: 4.7 mi
- Marquette's Death: 4.2 mi
- City of Frankfort Welcome Ferry Sign: 4.5 mi
- Frankfort Iron Works: 4.5 mi
- Archibald Jones & Benzie County River Improvement Co. Marker: 6.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Benzie Area Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Empire Area Museum: 12.8 mi
- Beeman Barn: 12.8 mi
- Glen Haven Cannery Boathouse: 18.5 mi
- Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum: 18.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 0.0 mi
- Boathouse: 0.0 mi
- Frankfort North Breakwater Light: 4.2 mi
- Marl Springs: 10.4 mi
- Dodge Spring: 18.1 mi
- Old Facefull: 18.2 mi
- Stockade Labyrinth: 16.8 mi
- "Two Bears": 24.3 mi
- Empire Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Benzonia Roadside Park: 13.0 mi
- Jacktown: 14.5 mi
- Chuck Wagon: 19.0 mi
- Glen Arbor Gardens: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pointe Betsie Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Hill | ESE 107° | 337 m | 11.7 mi |
| Varney Hill | ENE 72° | 337 m | 19.4 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SE 132° | 332 m | 17.1 mi |
| Twin Mountains | ESE 113° | 332 m | 24.3 mi |
| Warner Hill | ENE 75° | 331 m | 19.2 mi |
| Turtle Lake Hill | ESE 109° | 308 m | 17.5 mi |
| Old Baldy Dune | NE 53° | 300 m | 11.2 mi |
| North Hills | ESE 121° | 299 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:19 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:50 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:20 | 16:19 | 17:08 |
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 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frankfort 2NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 84001375OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/224982276
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