Old Mackinac Point Light

Old Mackinac Point Light is a deactivated lighthouse located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lighthouse is part of Fort Michilimackinac State Park in the village of Mackinaw City just east of the Mackinac Bridge.

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Type: Building
Description: lighthouse in Michigan, United States
Also known as: “Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colonial Michilimackinac Park and Fort Michilimackinac.

Colonial Michilimackinac Park

Park

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Fort Michilimackinac State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Mackinaw City along the Straits of Mackinac. The park contains Fort Michilimackinac, which itself is dedicated a National Historic Landmark and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse as well as the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Signal Tower which contains a foghorn.

Fort Michilimackinac

Museum

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Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac; it was built on the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States. Fort Michilimackinac is situated 1,700 feet west of Old Mackinac Point Light.

Mackinaw City Historical Marker

Memorial

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Mackinaw City Historical Marker is a memorial, which is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Old Mackinac Point Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mackinaw City and St. Ignace.

Mackinaw City

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Mackinaw City is a city of 800 people in the Mackinac Area at the tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It's the southern terminus of the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge.