Asylum Light
The Asylum Light is located just north of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. The lighthouse is located on a small island just a few feet away from the mainland in Asylum Bay on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin.Photo: Rauglothgor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “Asylum Lighthouse” and “Asylum Point Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oshkosh Correctional Institution and Oshkosh North High School.
Oshkosh Correctional Institution
Prison
Oshkosh Correctional Institution is a prison of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, north of the city center. It has an official capacity of 1494. Oshkosh Correctional Institution is situated 2 miles northwest of Asylum Light.
Oshkosh North High School
School
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oshkosh North High School is a public secondary/high school located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Part of the Oshkosh Area School District, the school serves students in grades 9 through 12. Oshkosh North High School is situated 2 miles southwest of Asylum Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winnebago and Fairview Beach.
Winnebago
Hamlet
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Winnebago is an unincorporated community in the Town of Oshkosh in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, and is part of the Oshkosh metropolitan statistical area.
Fairview Beach
Hamlet
Oshkosh is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,439 at the 2020 census. It is a northern suburb of the larger City of Oshkosh which it is located adjacent to and partially within. Fairview Beach is situated 1½ miles north of Asylum Light.
Oshkosh
Photo: U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos, Public domain.
Oshkosh is in east-central Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Its unusual name has travelled far as the name of "Oshkosh b'gosh" clothing, and as a synonym for EAA Airventure, one of the world's great celebrations of aviation, held at the Wittman Regional Airport here.
Asylum Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Winnebago, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.06242° or 44° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
-88.5148° or 88° 30′ 53″ westOpen location code
86PH3F6P+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 582723561OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q4812042
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In Other Languages
“Asylum Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Asylum”
- French: “Phare d’Asylum”
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