North Point Light
The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River.Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “North Point light” and “North Point Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Terrace Museum and Gardens and McKinley Marina.
Villa Terrace Museum and Gardens
Art gallery
Photo: Freekee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Terrace is a historic house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1924 for the Lloyd R. Smith family - an Italian Renaissance-style home on a bluff above Lake Michigan. Villa Terrace Museum and Gardens is situated 3,800 feet northwest of North Point Light.
McKinley Marina
Marina
Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0.
The McKinley Marina is the only public marina in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan. Run by Milwaukee County, the facility is just north of Veteran's Park, at the north end of the Milwaukee harbor breakwater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Side and Downtown Milwaukee.
East Side
Suburb
The East Side is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of Downtown Milwaukee to the village of Shorewood, bordered by the Milwaukee River to the west and Lake Michigan to the east.
Downtown Milwaukee
Suburb
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown Milwaukee is the central business district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The economic and symbolic center of the city and the Milwaukee metropolitan area, it is Milwaukee's oldest district and home to many of region's cultural, financial educational and historical landmarks including Milwaukee City Hall, Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Downtown Milwaukee is situated 2 miles west of North Point Light.
Milwaukee
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city celebrates its heritage as a major center for beer-brewing, and of it German and Polish communities.
North Point Light
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“North Point Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de North Point”
- French: “Phare de North Point”
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