WayfarrowPlum Island Range Lights
Lighthouse · Door County, Wisconsin
Plum Island Range Lights is a lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has 54 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 16 of them in Door County.
The tower stands about 65 feet tall (6th tallest of 26 measured in Wisconsin); it guards Lake Michigan.
Status check, 2026-11: The original iron skeletal rear tower (65 ft, listed on the National Register) still stands. The original front light was replaced by a steel tower in 1964. Construction is dated to both 1896 and 1897 (first lit 1897), so the year is left blank. It stands at 45.3078° N, 86.9578° W.
Key facts
| Tower height | 65 ft |
|---|---|
| Body of water | Lake Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45.30778, -86.95778 |
Nearby places
- Plum Island Range rear lightlighthouse · Door County · 0 mi
- Plum Island Range front lightlighthouse · Door County · 0.3 mi
- Pilot Island Lightlighthouse · Door County · 2.5 mi
- Pottawatomie Lightlighthouse · Door County · 10.4 mi
- Cana Island Lightlighthouse · Door County · 15.8 mi
- Minneapolis Shoal Light Stationlighthouse · Delta County · 15.9 mi
- St. Martin Island Lightlighthouse · Delta County · 16.6 mi
- Eagle Bluff Lightlighthouse · Door County · 16.7 mi
- Baileys Harbor Directional Lightlighthouse · Door County · 18.2 mi
- Baileys Harbor Range Front Lightlighthouse · Door County · 18.2 mi
- Baileys Harbor Range Rear Lightlighthouse · Door County · 18.2 mi
- Baileys Harbor Lightlighthouse · Door County · 18.7 mi
Questions
Where is Plum Island Range Lights?
Plum Island Range Lights is in Door County, Wisconsin, at 45.3078, -86.9578.
How many lighthouses are in Door County?
Door County, Wisconsin has 16 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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