Port Austin Reef Light
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Port Austin Reef Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. The nearest named place is Turnip Rock, a attraction 1.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Port Austin Lighthouse (or Port Austin Reef Light) is a lighthouse off the shore of Lake Huron, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Port Austin, Huron County Michigan sitting on a rocky reef (shoal), which is just north of the tip of the Thumb and a real hazard to navigation.
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Dates from 1878.
Wikidata Q7230493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1899
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
70 named places within 25 miles
- Bird Creek Park: 2.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Port Austin Tower Park: 2.7 mi
- Gallup Park: 2.8 mi
- Eagle Bay Public Access: 3.3 mi
- Pointe Aux Barques Lifesaving Station: 10.2 mi
- Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Museum: 10.2 mi
- Caseville Hisrtorical Society Museum: 17.4 mi
- Bad Axe Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Elkton Heritage Center Museum: 20.5 mi
- Port Austin Conservation Club: 2.2 mi
- Huron County Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Rush Lake State Game Area: 12.8 mi
- Kernan Memorial Nature Sanctuary: 13.1 mi
- Thelma Sonnenberg Memorial Plant Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Turnip Rock: 1.5 mi
- Boardwalk: 8.7 mi
- Boardwalk: 8.8 mi
- Boardwalk: 8.8 mi
- Boardwalk: 9.1 mi
- The Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
- Scheurer Roots: 22.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.6 mi
- Port Crescent Beach: 7.2 mi
- Rubicon Beach: 17.6 mi
- Bathing Beach Park: 23.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 19.5 mi
- Vicki Keith: 23.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:35 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:09 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Austin Wwtp, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 11000666OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Port Austin Reef Light, reference 11000666, listed 09/15/11.
OpenStreetMap element way/1334243728
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