Plum Island
Plum Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, off the tip of the Door Peninsula in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilot Island and Pilot Island Light.
Pilot Island
Islet
Photo: Paulwehr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pilot Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the Town of Washington, in Door County, Wisconsin; it is part of Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge. An abandoned lighthouse, the Pilot Island Light, rests on the island, and three shipwrecks rest in the Pilot Island NW Site.
Pilot Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Jjegers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pilot Island Light is a lighthouse located near Gills Rock, on Pilot Island at the east end of Death's Door passage, in Door County, Wisconsin. The building's design is similar to Pottawatomie Light on Rock Island, but is made of brick instead of stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northport and Detroit Harbor.
Northport
Hamlet
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northport is an unincorporated community in the town of Liberty Grove in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the northern terminus of WIS 42 and location of the peninsula-side ferry dock of the Washington Island Ferry.
Detroit Harbor
Village
Detroit Harbor is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Washington Island on Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The Washington Island Ferry runs scheduled passenger service to Northport from Detroit Harbor.
Gills Rock
Hamlet
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor.
Plum Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Door County, Wisconsin
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.30844° or 45° 18′ 30″ northLongitude
-86.95229° or 86° 57′ 8″ westElevation
610 feet (186 metres)Open location code
86QM825X+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 75044674OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Plum Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plum Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Wisconsin)”
- Cebuano: “Plum Island”
- French: “Plum Island”
- Japanese: “プラム島”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plum Island Range Rear Light and 1849 Lighthouse (Ruins).
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