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Cedar Point Light

Lighthouse · Erie County, Ohio

Side and rear of the Cedar Point Lighthouse, located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Built in 1862, it is listed on the National Register of Hi
Side and rear of the Cedar Point Lighthouse, located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Built in 1862, it is listed on the National Register of Hi · Matt Dempsey / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cedar Point Light is a lighthouse in Erie County, Ohio. Ohio has 21 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Erie County.

It was deactivated in 1904.

Status check, 2026-11: Sources disagree on the year of the current limestone lighthouse: 1862 (National Register/Wikipedia) vs 1867 (Lighthouse Digest, Lighthousefriends). The tower was removed after the light was discontinued (one source says 1904) and rebuilt by Cedar Point in the 1990s. It is now part of the park's Lighthouse Point lodging. Cedar Point Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 41.4881° N, 82.6936° W.

Key facts

Deactivated1904
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates41.48806, -82.69361

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Questions

Where is Cedar Point Light?

Cedar Point Light is in Erie County, Ohio, at 41.4881, -82.6936.

How many lighthouses are in Erie County?

Erie County, Ohio has 3 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.