The Lighthouses of Door County WI : Lake Michigan Road Trip

If you spend any amount of time traveling around the Great Lakes, you’ll quickly realize the importance they once (and still do) served as a shipping and transportation hub of the central part of the United States. In the mid-late 1860’s a series of lighthouses started popping up on the shores of Lake Michigan.

During a recent trip around Lake Michigan, the 50 Campfires team decided to stop by and check out these historic light houses that are sprinkled across the Door County landscape. There’s definitely something mysterious – yet intriguing about these beacons of light that help ships safely pass the rugged shores of this great lake.

Thanks to the Door County Maritime Museum for the primer! If you’re in Sturgeon Bay, be sure to stop by and check out their exhibit: http://www.dcmm.org

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The Baileys Harbor Range Lighthouses
A pair of lighthouses arranged in a “range light” configuration
Approx 980’ apart and aligned on a 340º bearing line to guide boats into the harbor
National Register of Historic Places in 1989
After 1969, the Coast Guard removed lighting equipment and replaced them with a single direction light on the beach
In 2015 the ranges lights were updated with LED lights and brought back online
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Cana Island Lighthouse
National Register of Historic Places in 1976
First lit in 1870
The light was originally fueled by lard
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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse
National Register of Historic Places in 1970
Automated in 1926
Former lighthouse keepers home has been a museum since 1963
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