Lightkeeper’s Museum
Lightkeeper’s Museum is a museum in Burt Township, Alger, Michigan which is located on Coast Guard Loop. Lightkeeper’s Museum is situated nearby to Grand Marais Ranger Station, as well as near the lighthouse Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner Light.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights and Pickle Barrel House.
Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
Lighthouse
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The Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights are a pair of lighthouses located on the west pier at the entry to Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge, in Grand Marais, Michigan. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights is situated 2,300 feet north of Lightkeeper’s Museum.
Pickle Barrel House
Museum
The Pickle Barrel House is a two-story cabin built to in the shape of two barrels. The house design is based on the artwork of William Donahey, an author-illustrator who created the Teenie Weenies cartoon characters that were two inches tall and lived under a rose bush in a pickle barrel. Pickle Barrel House is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Lightkeeper’s Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Marais.
Grand Marais
Village
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Grand Marais is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located within Burt Township on the shores of Lake Superior, and the community is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58.
Lightkeeper’s Museum
- Type: Museum
- Address: Coast Guard Loop, Grand Marais, MI 49839
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Burt Township, Alger, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.67754° or 46° 40′ 39″ northLongitude
-85.97155° or 85° 58′ 18″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Operator
Grand Marais Historical SocietyOpen location code
86RPM2HH+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 434583758OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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