WayfarrowFourteen Foot Shoal Light
Lighthouse · Cheboygan County, Michigan
Fourteen Foot Shoal Light is a lighthouse in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Michigan has 124 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Cheboygan County.
It was built in 1930, in the interwar years, making it the 76th oldest of the 89 in Michigan with a recorded construction date; its light sits 56 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Oc W 4s (a white light that briefly goes dark every 4 seconds), with a range of about 9 nautical miles; it guards Lake Huron.
Status check, 2026-11: Sources say it was built and first lit in 1930, not 1929, and the federal government sold it to a private owner in 2017. Height is left blank because sources give 15, 24 or 36 ft. Fourteen Foot Shoal Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 45.6798° N, 84.4350° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1930 |
|---|---|
| Focal height | 56 ft |
| Light characteristic | Oc W 4s |
| Range | 9 nautical miles |
| Body of water | Lake Huron |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 45.67980, -84.43500 |
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- Round Island Lightlighthouse · Mackinac County · 14 mi
- Round Island Passage Lightlighthouse · Mackinac County · 14.3 mi
- Spectacle Reef Lightlighthouse · Mackinac County · 15.8 mi
- Old Mackinac Point Lightlighthouse · Cheboygan County · 16 mi
- McGulpin Point Lightlighthouse · Emmet County · 17.9 mi
- Wawatam Lighthouselighthouse · Mackinac County · 18.7 mi
- Martin Reef Light Stationlighthouse · Mackinac County · 21.3 mi
- St. Helena Island Lightlighthouse · Mackinac County · 24 mi
Questions
Where is Fourteen Foot Shoal Light?
Fourteen Foot Shoal Light is in Cheboygan County, Michigan, at 45.6798, -84.4350.
How many lighthouses are in Cheboygan County?
Cheboygan County, Michigan has 4 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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