List of lighthouses in Minnesota

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858[1] and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light.[2]

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Duluth North Pier Light Duluth 46.7810°N 92.0881°W / 46.7810; -92.0881 (Duluth North Pier Light) 1910 Unknown Active LED 046 46 ft (14 m)
Duluth South Breakwater
Inner Light		 Duluth 46.7788°N 92.0918°W / 46.7788; -92.0918 (Duluth South Breakwater Light) 1889 (Former)
1901 (Current)		 1976 Active LED 068 68 ft (21 m)
Duluth South Breakwater
Outer Light		 Duluth 46.7801°N 92.0875°W / 46.7801; -92.0875 (Duluth South Breakwater Light) 1874 (Former)
1901 (Current)		 1976 Active LED 044 44 ft (13 m)
Grand Marais Light Grand Marais 47.7452°N 90.3379°W / 47.7452; -90.3379 (Grand Marais Light) 1885 (Former)
1922 (Current)		 1937 Active LED 048 48 ft (15 m)
Minnesota Point Light Duluth 46.7100°N 92.0259°W / 46.7100; -92.0259 (Minnesota Point Light)[4] 1858 Never 1913
(Now in ruins)		 None Unknown
Split Rock Lighthouse Beaver Bay Township 47.1999°N 91.3671°W / 47.1999; -91.3671 (Split Rock Light)[5] 1910 Never 1969
(Now a museum)		 Third-order Fresnel 168 168 ft (51 m)[5]
Two Harbors Light Two Harbors 47.0140°N 91.6635°W / 47.0140; -91.6635 (Two Harbors Light) 1892 1980 Active
(Also a museum)		 DCB-224 078 78 ft (24 m)
Two Harbors Breakwater Light Two Harbors 47.0106°N 91.6695°W / 47.0106; -91.6695 (Two Harbors Breakwater Light) 1906[6] Unknown Active
(Inactive: 1947-1950[6])		 LED 033 33.5 ft (10.2 m)[6]

References
  1. "Lighthouses of the United States: Minnesota". Russ Rowlett.
  2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Minnesota". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
  4. calculated using Google Maps and 1952 chart of Duluth–Superior Harbors
  5. "Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota". LighthouseFriends.
  6. "Two Harbors Breakwater, MN". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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