WayfarrowFour Mile Crib Light
Lighthouse · Cook County, Illinois
Four Mile Crib Light is a lighthouse in Cook County, Illinois. Illinois has 8 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 7 of them in Cook County.
Its light sits 66 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 5s (a white flash every 5 seconds), with a range of about 12 nautical miles; it guards Lake Michigan.
Status check, 2026-11: Red skeleton light tower on Chicago's oldest surviving water crib; sources give 1891, 1892 or 1894 for its date, and 1898 is when steam heat was added. The city scheduled it for demolition, but it has not been torn down. It stands at 41.8733° N, 87.5450° W.
Key facts
| Focal height | 66 ft |
|---|---|
| Light characteristic | Fl W 5s |
| Range | 12 nautical miles |
| Body of water | Lake Michigan |
| Coordinates | 41.87333, -87.54500 |
Nearby places
- Chicago Harbor Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 2.6 mi
- Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 3.1 mi
- William E. Dever Crib Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 4.8 mi
- Stateway Gardensghost town · Cook County · 5.2 mi
- Robert Taylor Homesghost town · Cook County · 6 mi
- 68th Street Crib Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 6.1 mi
- Wilson Avenue Crib Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 6.8 mi
- Lincoln Squareghost town · Cook County · 10.3 mi
- Irondaleghost town · Cook County · 12.3 mi
- Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Lake County · 14.4 mi
- Grosse Point Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 14.8 mi
- Mount Forestghost town · Cook County · 18.5 mi
Questions
Where is Four Mile Crib Light?
Four Mile Crib Light is in Cook County, Illinois, at 41.8733, -87.5450.
How many lighthouses are in Cook County?
Cook County, Illinois has 7 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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