Frankfort Light
The Frankfort Light is a lighthouse located on the north breakwater in the harbor in Frankfort, Michigan. The current light was constructed in 1912 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Frankfort Lighthouse” and “Frankfort North Breakwater Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garden Theater and Elberta Bluffs.
Garden Theater
Movie theater
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garden Theater is a movie theater, which is situated 2,900 feet east of Frankfort Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frankfort and Elberta.
Frankfort
Frankfort lies on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Benzie County in the Grand Traverse Bay Area of Michigan.Elberta
Village
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elberta is a village in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. The population was 329 at the 2020 census. Located in Gilmore Township, Elberta overlooks Lake Michigan and lies across Betsie Lake from Frankfort. Elberta is part of Northern Michigan.
Pilgrim
Hamlet
Pilgrim is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a permanent population of 44. Pilgrim is located within Crystal Lake Township. Pilgrim is situated 2½ miles north of Frankfort Light.
Frankfort Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Benzie, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.63086° or 44° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
-86.25216° or 86° 15′ 8″ westInception
1912Operator
U.S. Coast GuardOpen location code
86PMJPJX+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 1106728000OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q14716104
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Frankfort Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Frankfort”
- French: “Phare de Frankfort”
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Highlights include Frankfort Beach and Coast Guard Station Frankfort.
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