The Big Sable Point Lighthouse is one of the few Michigan lights with a tower reaching 100 feet (30 m). Completed in 1867 Big Sable's tower measured 112 feet (34 m) high. In 1900 the deteriorating brick tower was encased in steel.

The black-and-white striped, 112 foot lighthouse at the Ludington State Park stands proudly on the shores of Lake Michigan and remains a testament to lighthouse keepers of the past. Big Sable Point Lighthouse was honored as 2013 Featured Lighthouse of the Year for the Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival.

Called Grande Pointe au Sable by French explorers and traders, Big Sable Point, located roughly nine miles north of Ludington, was a prominent landmark for mariners traveling this treacherous stretch of Lake Michigan. Congress appropriated $6,000 for a lighthouse on Big Sable Point in 1856 and the Michigan Legislature ceded the necessary land ...

Nestled among jack pines, and a nearly 2-mile walk along a breathtaking trail, stands Big Sable’s noble black and white tower. At over one hundred feet tall, this historic beacon is a huge attraction for its owner, Ludington State Park.

2019年11月12日 · BIG SABLE POINT (GRAND POINT AU SABLE) LIGHT Location: Eastern shore of Lake Michigan; nearest Town or City is Ludington, Michigan Date Built: 1867 Type of Structure: This lighthouse was originally a brick conical cast iron tower white with middle third black; it was encased in steel plates in 1900.

At the Ludington State Park, just north of Ludington Michigan is the Big Sable Lighthouse. Access is by way of a mile and a half walk around tufts of coastal sand dunes covered with dune grass. The sand and green grass ends at the blue waters of Lake Michigan and amid the puffs of white clouds is the black and white tower of this distinctive light.

Big Sable Point Lighthouse Built in 1867 and set 1.8 miles north of the Ludington Sate Park entrance, just a half-hour meander through the dunes, at over 100 feet tall, this historically noble, black-and-white navigational beacon sits nestled among sand dunes and jack pines, and is a huge attraction for both visitors and locals alike.

5 天之前 · Big Sable Point Lighthouse is tentatively scheduled to open on July 1, along with the park, Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Assocation announced. The season, scheduled through Oct. 26, will include ...

The Big Sable Point Lighthouse is one of the few Michigan lights with a tower reaching 100 feet. Completed in 1867, Big Sable's tower measures 112 feet high. In 1902 the deteriorating brick tower was encased in steel.

Big Sable Point Lighthouse Ludington, MI. Lake Michigan Back to Lightlist: BIG SABLE POINT (GRAND POINT AU SABLE) LIGHT . State: MICHIGAN Location: EAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN Nearest City: LUDINGTON County: MASON U.S.C.G. District: 9. Year Station Established: 1867. Existing Historic Tower: Year Light First Lit: 1867 ; Is the Light Operational ...