Port Austin Light
Port Austin Lighthouse is a lighthouse off the shore of Lake Huron, about 2.5 miles north of Port Austin, Huron County Michigan sitting on a rocky reef, which is just north of the tip of the Thumb and a real hazard to navigation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Bash, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Port Austin Lighthouse” and “Port Austin Reef Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Turnip Rock.
Turnip Rock
Turnip Rock is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a stack located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small peninsula in Pointe Aux Barques Township which in turn is the extreme tip of The Thumb, a large peninsula comprising several counties in eastern Michigan. Turnip Rock is situated 1½ miles southeast of Port Austin Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Austin and Grindstone City Historic District.
Port Austin
Village
Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.
Port Austin is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 664 at the 2010 census. The village is within Port Austin Township. Port Austin is situated 2½ miles south of Port Austin Light.
Grindstone City Historic District
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grindstone City Historic District is an industrial historic district located on M-25 in Grindstone City, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Grindstone City Historic District is situated 4½ miles southeast of Port Austin Light.
Port Austin Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Port Austin Township, Huron, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.08201° or 44° 4′ 55″ northLongitude
-82.98235° or 82° 58′ 57″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Inception
1899Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
86PV32J9+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1334243728OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
“Port Austin Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Port Austin”
- French: “Phare de Port Austin”
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