Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light
The Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light is a lighthouse on Lake Erie located at the end of a breakwater near the mouth of the Grand River in the U.S. state of Ohio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Laszlo Ilyes, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse” and “West Breakwater Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fairport Harbor Light.
Fairport Harbor Light
Museum
Photo: ronnie44052, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fairport Harbor Light, also known as the Grand River Light, is a lighthouse located on Lake Erie in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. It is one of two lighthouses in Fairport Harbor, along with the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light. Fairport Harbor Light is situated 4,100 feet south of Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairport Harbor and Grand River.
Fairport Harbor
Village
Photo: Jeff®, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairport Harbor is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River. The population was 3,108 at the 2020 census.
Grand River
Village
Grand River is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River. The population was 394 at the 2020 census. Grand River is situated 2 miles south of Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light.
Painesville on-the-Lake
Hamlet
Painesville-on-the-Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the shoreline of Lake Erie north of the county seat of Painesville. Painesville on-the-Lake is situated 2½ miles east of Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light.
Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.76786° or 41° 46′ 4″ northLongitude
-81.2812° or 81° 16′ 52″ westElevation
568 feet (173 metres)Inception
1925Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
86HWQP99+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1358107036OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
“Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Fairport Harbor”
- French: “Phare de Fairport Harbor”
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