Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
The Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located off M-28 in Munising Township, Michigan. It is also known as the Bay Furnace Rear Range Light, Christmas Rear Range Light, or End of the Road Light.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Munising Front Range Light and Munising School Public Library.
Munising Front Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Munising Front Range Light and its matching Munising Rear Range Light replaced the ineffective Grand Island East Channel Light in 1905. These two lights combine to guide boats from the open waters of Lake Superior down the East Channel next to Grand Island into the harbor of Munising. Munising Front Range Light is situated 2 miles southeast of Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.
Munising School Public Library
Library
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Munising School Public Library is situated 2 miles southeast of Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.
Munising Rear Range Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Cwbash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Munising Rear Range Light works with the Munising Front Range Light to project a line of light out into Lake Superior in order to guide boats from the open lake into the safe harbor at Munising, Michigan. Munising Rear Range Light is situated 2 miles southeast of Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christmas and Munising.
Christmas
Village
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Christmas is an unincorporated community in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Christmas is located within Au Train Township in Alger County, and is located about 2.2 miles northwest of the city of Munising.
Munising
Photo: Stanthejeep, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Munising is a small city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Michigan, United States
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Grand Island Township, Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.43687° or 46° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-86.69128° or 86° 41′ 29″ westOpen location code
86RMC8P5+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1010140990OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q1542605
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light”
- French: “phare arrière de Grand Island Harbor”
- French: “Phare arrière de Grand Island Harbor”
- German: “Bay Furnace Rear Range Light”
- German: “Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Munising Tourist Park Campground and Bay Furnace.
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