Lighthouse · Lake Erie Islands, Ohio
South Bass Island Lighthouse
The tower, first lit in 1897, is dark now. The working light, one red flash every 6 seconds, stands nearby, about 20 m away. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Queen Anne brick house with a corner tower on the southwest point of South Bass Island near Put-in-Bay, owned by Ohio State University; the light has been on a steel tower beside it since 1962.
Open in the viewer from Perry’s Victory memorial deck, Put-in-Bay →
Quick facts
| Type | Lighthouse |
|---|---|
| Built | 1897 |
| Light | Fl R 6s |
| Position | 41.6289°N, 82.8413°W |
| From Perry’s Victory memorial deck, Put-in-Bay | 3.8 km (2.3 mi), bearing 222° SW |
| Source | NOAA ENC; OpenStreetMap; National Register 90000473 |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Perry’s Victory memorial deck, Put-in-Bay, 3.8 km (2.3 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
On the website for now. Ohio'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 Ohio arrives.
Nearby
- Green Island LighthouseLighthouse · 2.9 km
- Port Clinton LighthouseLighthouse · 15 km
- Marblehead LighthouseLighthouse · 15 km
- Cedar Point LighthouseLighthouse · 20 km
- West Sister Island LighthouseLighthouse · 25 km
- Huron Harbor LighthouseLighthouse · 35 km
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.