McGulpin Point Light

McGulpin Point Light was constructed as a navigational aid through the Straits of Mackinac. The light began operation in 1869, making it one of the oldest surviving lighthouses in the Straits.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Headlands and Fort Michilimackinac.

The Headlands

Park

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The Headlands International Dark Sky Park is a 550-acre county park in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park preserves over 2 mi of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline south and west of McGulpin Point Light in the Straits of Mackinac. The Headlands is situated 4,000 feet southwest of McGulpin Point Light.

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 2 miles east of McGulpin Point Light.

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. Colonial Michilimackinac Park is situated 2 miles east of McGulpin 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.