Fog Signal Building

Fog Signal Building is a building in Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Wisconsin. Fog Signal Building is situated near the lighthouse Plum Island Range Rear Light, as well as near Plum Island Range Front Light.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Plum Island.

Plum Island

Island

Plum Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, off the tip of the Door Peninsula in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northport and Gills Rock.

Northport is an unincorporated community in the town of Liberty Grove in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the northern terminus of WIS 42 and location of the peninsula-side ferry dock of the Washington Island Ferry. Northport is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fog Signal Building.

Gills Rock

Hamlet

Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gills Rock is an unincorporated community located on Highway 42 at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. It is within the town of Liberty Grove and was formerly known as Hedgehog Harbor. Gills Rock is situated 3½ miles southwest of Fog Signal Building.

Detroit Harbor

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Detroit Harbor is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Washington Island on Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The Washington Island Ferry runs scheduled passenger service to Northport from Detroit Harbor. Detroit Harbor is situated 3½ miles northeast of Fog Signal Building.

Fog Signal Building

Type: Building
Category: historic site
Location: Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.31088° or 45° 18′ 39″ north

Longitude

-86.96019° or 86° 57′ 37″ west

Open location code

86QM826Q+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 74452859

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Plum Island Range Rear Light and Plum Island Range Front Light.

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