Lighthouses in Michigan
Michigan has 129 lighthouses on four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. Out of the 124, 94 are active with the remaining being deactivated, often times turned into museums. The state of Michigan has a helpful PDF map of every standing lighthouse in Michigan.
Lighthouses on the Detroit River
| Name | Waterway | Location |
| Belle Isle Light | Detroit River | Belle Isle |
| Ecorse Light | Detroit River | Ecorse |
| Ecorse Range Rear Light | Detroit River | Ecorse |
| Gibraltar Light | Detroit River | Gibraltar |
| Grassy Island North Channel Range Lights | Detroit River | Grassy Island |
| Grassy Island South Channel Range Lights(formerly Grassy Island Light) | Detroit River | Grassy Island |
| Grosse Ile North Channel Range Lights | Detroit River | Grosse Ile |
| Grosse Ile South Channel Range Lights | Detroit River | Grosse Ile |
| Mama Juda Light | Detroit River | Mamajuda Island |
| Mama Juda Range Front Light | Detroit River | Mamajuda Island |
| Mariners Memorial (River Rouge) Light | Detroit River | River Rouge |
| Tri-Centennial Light of Detroit | Detroit River | Detroit |
| William Livingstone Memorial Light | Detroit River | Belle Isle |
| Windmill Point Light | Detroit River | Detroit |
| Windmill Point Range Front and Rear Lights | Detroit River | Detroit |
| Rouleau Point Range Front and Rear Lights | Keweenaw Waterway | Washington Island, offshore |
| Detroit River Light | Lake Erie | Rockwood |
| Monroe Pier Light | Lake Erie | Monroe |
| Alpena Light | Lake Huron | Alpena |
| Au Sable North Pierhead Light | Lake Huron | Au Sable |
| Bois Blanc Light | Lake Huron | Bois Blanc Island |
| Caseville Harbor Light | Lake Huron | Caseville |
| Charity Island Light | Lake Huron | Charity Island |
| Cheboygan Crib Light | Lake Huron | Cheboygan |
| Cheboygan River Front Range Light | Lake Huron | Cheboygan |
| DeTour Reef Light | Lake Huron | De Tour Village |
| Fort Gratiot Light | Lake Huron | Port Huron |
| Forty Mile Point Light | Lake Huron | Rogers Township, Presque Isle County |
| Fourteen Foot Shoal Light | Lake Huron | Cheboygan County |
| Gravelly Shoal Light | Lake Huron | Saginaw Bay |
| Harbor Beach Light | Lake Huron | Harbor Beach, Michigan |
| Martin Reef Light | Lake Huron | Clark Township, Mackinac County |
| Middle Island Light | Lake Huron | Alpena Township, Alpena County |
| Minneapolis Shoal Light | Lake Huron | Big Bay de Noc |
| Poe Reef Light | Lake Huron | Bois Blanc Island, offshore |
| Pointe aux Barques Light | Lake Huron | Port Hope |
| Port Austin Light | Lake Huron | Port Austin, offshore |
| Port Sanilac Light | Lake Huron | Port Sanilac |
| Presque Isle Light (new) | Lake Huron | Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle County |
| Presque Isle Light (old) | Lake Huron | Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle County |
| Saginaw Bay Light | Lake Huron | Bay City |
| Saginaw River Rear Range Light | Lake Huron | Bay City |
| Sand Beach North Entrance East Light | Lake Huron | |
| Spectacle Reef Light | Lake Huron | Cheboygan County |
| Sturgeon Point Lighthouse | Lake Huron | Haynes Township, Michigan, Alcona County |
| Tawas Point Light | Lake Huron | Baldwin Township, Iosco County |
| Thunder Bay Island Light | Lake Huron | Alpena County |
| Beaver Island Harbor Light | Lake Michigan | Beaver Island, northern end |
| Beaver Island Head Light | Lake Michigan | Beaver Island, southern tip |
| Big Sable Point Light | Lake Michigan | Ludington |
| Cedar River Light | Lake Michigan | Cedar River |
| Charlevoix South Pier Light Station | Lake Michigan | Charlevoix |
| Frankfort Light | Lake Michigan | Frankfort |
| Frankfort South Range Light | Lake Michigan | Frankfort |
| Grand Haven North Pierhead Light | Lake Michigan | Grand Haven |
| Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Light | Lake Michigan | Grand Haven |
| Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light | Lake Michigan | Grand Haven |
| Grand Traverse Light | Lake Michigan | Leelanau Peninsula |
| Grays Reef Light | Lake Michigan | Bliss Township, Emmet County |
| Holland Harbor Light | Lake Michigan | Holland |
| Ile Aux Galets Light | Lake Michigan | Emmet County |
| Kalamazoo River Light(Saugatuck Light) | Lake Michigan | Saugatuck |
| Lansing Shoals Light | Lake Michigan | Newton Township, Mackinac County |
| Little Sable Point Light | Lake Michigan | Golden Township, Oceana County |
| Little Traverse Light | Lake Michigan | Harbor Springs |
| Ludington Light | Lake Michigan | Ludington |
| Manistee Main Light | Lake Michigan | Manistee |
| Manistee Pierhead lights | Lake Michigan | Manistee |
| Manistique East Breakwater Light | Lake Michigan | Manistique |
| Manning Memorial Light | Lake Michigan | Empire |
| Menominee Pier Light | Lake Michigan | Menominee |
| Mission Point Light | Lake Michigan | Old Mission Point |
| Mission Point Light (1933) | Lake Michigan | Old Mission Point |
| Muskegon Breakwater Light | Lake Michigan | Muskegon |
| Muskegon Pier Light | Lake Michigan | Muskegon |
| Naubinway Island Light | Lake Michigan | Naubinway |
| New Buffalo Light | Lake Michigan | New Buffalo |
| North Manitou Island Light | Lake Michigan | North Manitou Island |
| North Manitou Shoal Light | Lake Michigan | North Manitou Island |
| Peninsula Point Light | Lake Michigan | Bay de Noc Township, Delta County |
| Pentwater North Pierhead Light | Lake Michigan | Pentwater |
| Point Betsie Light | Lake Michigan | Lake Township, Benzie County |
| Portage Lake Light | Lake Michigan | Portage Lake |
| Poverty Island Light | Lake Michigan | Poverty Island |
| Sand Point Light | Lake Michigan | Escanaba |
| Seul Choix Light | Lake Michigan | Mueller Township, Schoolcraft County |
| South Fox Island Light | Lake Michigan | South Fox Island |
| South Haven Light | Lake Michigan | South Haven |
| South Manitou Island Light | Lake Michigan | South Manitou Island |
| Squaw Point Light | Lake Michigan | |
| Squaw Island Light | Lake Michigan | Squaw Island |
| St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light | Lake Michigan | St. Joseph |
| St. Joseph North Pier Outer Light | Lake Michigan | St. Joseph |
| St. Martin Island Light | Lake Michigan | St. Martin Island |
| Waugoshance Light | Lake Michigan | Emmet County |
| White River Light | Lake Michigan | Whitehall |
| White Shoal Light | Lake Michigan | Emmet County |
| Clinton River Light | Lake St. Clair | Mount Clemens |
| Lake St. Clair Light | Lake St. Clair | Harsens Island |
| Miller Memorial Light | Lake St. Clair | St. Clair Shores |
| Peche Island Rear Range Light | Lake St. Clair | Peche Island, offshore west |
| St. Clair Flats Front and Rear Range Light | Lake St. Clair | Harsens Island, offshore |
| Au Sable Light | Lake Superior | Burt Township, Alger County |
| Big Bay Point Light | Lake Superior | Big Bay |
| Copper Harbor Front Range Light | Lake Superior | Copper Harbor |
| Copper Harbor Light | Lake Superior | Copper Harbor |
| Crisp Point Light | Lake Superior | McMillan Township, Luce County |
| Eagle Harbor Light | Lake Superior | Eagle Harbor |
| Eagle Harbor Range Lights | Lake Superior | Eagle Harbor |
| Eagle River Light | Lake Superior | Eagle River |
| Fourteen Mile Point Light | Lake Superior | Ontonagon |
| Grand Island East Channel Light | Lake Superior | Munising |
| Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light | Lake Superior | Christmas |
| Grand Island North Light | Lake Superior | Grand Island |
| Grand Marais Range Lights | Lake Superior | Grand Marais |
| Granite Island Light | Lake Superior | Granite Island |
| Gull Rock Light | Lake Superior | Manitou Island, offshore west |
| Huron Island Light | Lake Superior | Powell Township, Marquette County |
| Isle Royale Light | Lake Superior | Isle Royale |
| Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light | Lake Superior | Jacobsville |
| Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light | Lake Superior | Stanton Township, Houghton County |
| Manitou Island Light | Lake Superior | Manitou Island |
| Marquette Breakwater Outer Light | Lake Superior | Marquette |
| Marquette Harbor Light | Lake Superior | Marquette |
| Mendota (Bete Grise) Light | Lake Superior | Delaware |
| Munising Front Range Light | Lake Superior | Munising |
| Munising Rear Range Light | Lake Superior | Munising |
| Ontonagon Harbor West Breakwater Light | Lake Superior | Ontonagon |
| Ontonagon Light | Lake Superior | Ontonagon |
| Passage Island Light | Lake Superior | Isle Royale |
| Point Iroquois Light | Lake Superior | Bay Mills Township, Chippewa County |
| Portage River (Jacobsville) Light | Lake Superior | Torch Lake Township, Houghton County |
| Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light | Lake Superior | Marquette |
| Rock Harbor Light | Lake Superior | Rock Harbor |
| Rock of Ages Light | Lake Superior | Washington Island, offshore |
| Sand Hills Light | Lake Superior | Ahmeek |
| Sand Point Light (Baraga) | Lake Superior | Baraga |
| Stannard Rock Light | Lake Superior | Keweenaw Peninsula, offshore |
| Whitefish Point Light | Lake Superior | Whitefish Township, Chippewa County |
| Frying Pan Island Light | St. Marys River | De Tour Village |
| Harwood Point East Range Front Light | St. Marys River | Sugar Island |
| Middle Lake George Light | St. Marys River | Sugar Island |
| Pipe Island Light | St. Marys River | Drummond Township, Chippewa County |
| Round Island Light (St. Mary’s River) | St. Marys River | Round Island |
| Six Mile Point Range Rear Light | St. Marys River | |
| St. Mary’s River Lower Range Front Light | St. Marys River | |
| Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear Lights | St. Marys River | Sault Ste. Marie |
| Winter Point Range Front Light | St. Marys River | |
| McGulpin Point Light | Straits of Mackinac | Wawatam Township, Emmet County |
| Old Mackinac Point Light | Straits of Mackinac | Mackinaw City |
| Round Island Light | Straits of Mackinac | Round Island |
| Round Island Passage Light | Straits of Mackinac | Round Island Channel |
| St. Helena Island Light | Straits of Mackinac | St. Helena Island |
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