WayfarrowAsylum Light
Lighthouse · Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Asylum Light is a lighthouse in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Wisconsin has 54 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Winnebago County.
It was built in 1937, in the interwar years, making it the 33rd oldest of the 36 in Wisconsin with a recorded construction date; its light sits 49 feet above the water; it guards Lake Winnebago.
Status check, 2026-11: This stone tower was built as a WPA project in 1937 and restored in 2007, but it never became an official lit aid to navigation. Its height is given as 24, 30 or 31 ft depending on the source, and one source gives the build year as 1940. It stands at 44.0624° N, 88.5146° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Focal height | 49 ft |
| Body of water | Lake Winnebago |
| Coordinates | 44.06240, -88.51460 |
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- Rockwell Lightlighthouse · Winnebago County · 3.8 mi
- Neenah Lightlighthouse · Winnebago County · 9.3 mi
- Harrisonghost town · Calumet County · 12.1 mi
- High Cliffghost town · Calumet County · 13.2 mi
- Calumet Lightlighthouse · Fond du Lac County · 13.6 mi
- Wakefieldghost town · Outagamie County · 14.1 mi
- Grand Chuteghost town · Outagamie County · 14.2 mi
- Lawesburgghost town · Outagamie County · 15.1 mi
- Delhighost town · Winnebago County · 16.8 mi
- Fond du Lac Lightlighthouse · Fond du Lac County · 18.7 mi
- Sacramentoghost town · Waushara County · 20.4 mi
- Hamiltonghost town · Fond du Lac County · 25.4 mi
Questions
Where is Asylum Light?
Asylum Light is in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, at 44.0624, -88.5146.
How many lighthouses are in Winnebago County?
Winnebago County, Wisconsin has 3 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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