Marblehead Light

Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the American side of the Great Lakes. It has guided sailors safely along the rocky shores of Marblehead Peninsula since 1822, and is an active aid to navigation.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Ohio, United States
Also known as: “Marblehead Light (Ohio)” and “Marblehead Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Danbury High School.

Danbury High School

School

Danbury High School is a public high school in Lakeside, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Danbury Local Schools district. Their mascot is the Lakers. and they compete in the Sandusky Bay Conference and Northern 8 Football Conference as a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Danbury High School is situated 2 miles west of Marblehead Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marblehead and Lakeside.

Marblehead

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Marblehead is a village in Ohio Erie shore west. It is on the Marblehead Peninsula, which divides Lake Erie from the Sandusky Bay.

Lakeside

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Lakeside is a private community and census-designated place in Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, on the shores of Lake Erie. It was formed in 1873 by members of the Methodist Church and remains a church-affiliated vacation resort and United Methodist Annual Conference site.

Camp Snoopy

Locality

Photo: Varnent, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Camp Snoopy is a Peanuts-themed area for children at several Six Flags and Enchanted Parks amusement parks. All of them originally opened while the parks were under the ownership of Cedar Fair prior to its merger with Six Flags in 2024. Camp Snoopy is situated 3½ miles south of Marblehead Light.

Marblehead Light

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Danbury Township, Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.5364° or 41° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

-82.7118° or 82° 42′ 43″ west

Elevation

574 feet (175 metres)

Inception

1821

Levels

Height

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

86HVG7PQ+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 267328191

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

5161870

Wikidata ID

Q6755249

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to French—“Marblehead Light” goes by many names.

Czech: “Maják Marblehead”
French: “phare de Marblehead”
French: “Phare de Marblehead”

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