Lighthouse · Cheboygan, Michigan

Cheboygan Crib Light

Cheboygan Crib Light
Photo: Eric Rae, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The tower was first lit in 1884 and no longer serves as a light for ships. It stood on a crib offshore until 1984, when it was moved to the west pier head at Gordon Turner Park in Cheboygan, where visitors can walk around it.

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Quick facts

TypeLighthouse
Built1884
Position45.6562°N, 84.4655°W
From Gordon Turner Park, Cheboygan211 m (693 ft), bearing 89° E
SourceOpenStreetMap

How to see it

Above water and inside the horizon from Gordon Turner Park, Cheboygan, 211 m (693 ft) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.

On the website for now. Michigan's lighthouses are in the web viewer first, and they are coming to the CoastFinder app, which covers the North Carolina coast today. Follow @coastfinderapp to hear when Michigan arrives.

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Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.