WayfarrowKeweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light
Lighthouse · Houghton County, Michigan
Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is a lighthouse in Houghton County, Michigan. Michigan has 124 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Houghton County.
It was built in 1950, in the postwar decades, making it the 87th oldest of the 89 in Michigan with a recorded construction date; its light sits 82 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W, 15 sec, with a range of about 13 nautical miles; it guards Lake Superior.
Status check, 2026-11: This 1950 pierhead light is a steel tower on top of a concrete fog-signal building. Height figures conflict: 50 ft for the tower alone, 70 ft (Wikipedia), and about 110 ft from the base (GSA). The GSA has offered it for transfer. Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 47.2344° N, 88.6303° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Focal height | 82 ft |
| Light characteristic | Fl W, 15 sec |
| Range | 13 nautical miles |
| Body of water | Lake Superior |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 47.23444, -88.63028 |
Nearby places
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- Cliffghost town · Keweenaw County · 17.8 mi
- Cliftonghost town · Keweenaw County · 18.2 mi
- Eagle River Lightlighthouse · Keweenaw County · 19.9 mi
- Jacobsville Lighthouselighthouse · Houghton County · 20.5 mi
- Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Lightlighthouse · Houghton County · 20.6 mi
- Eagle Harbor Lightlighthouse · Keweenaw County · 27 mi
- Mandanghost town · Keweenaw County · 31.7 mi
- Mendota Lightlighthouse · Keweenaw County · 32.6 mi
- Huron Island Lightlighthouse · Marquette County · 35.2 mi
- Copper Harbor Front Range Lightlighthouse · Keweenaw County · 39.6 mi
Questions
Where is Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light?
Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is in Houghton County, Michigan, at 47.2344, -88.6303.
How many lighthouses are in Houghton County?
Houghton County, Michigan 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.