Green Island Light

The Green Island Light is a lighthouse located on Green Island in Lake Erie, U.S. state of Ohio, to the west of the Bass Islands. Abandoned since its deactivation in 1939, it survives as a hollow shell near the existing skeleton tower.

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Type: Tower
Description: lighthouse on Lake Erie in Ohio, United States
Also known as: “Green Island Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Green Island and Put in Bay Airport.

Green Island

Islet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Green Island is a small 17-acre island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County.

Put in Bay Airport

Aerodrome

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Put-in-Bay Airport is a public airport located in Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The approach to Runway 21 is complicated by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, which is almost exactly in line with the runway; pilots are asked to respect special procedures to avoid the monument. Put in Bay Airport is situated 2 miles east of Green Island Light.

United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State. United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Green Island Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.

Put-in-Bay

Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.

Middle Bass

Hamlet

Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 4 miles northeast of Green Island Light.

Catawba Island

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Catawba Island is part of the Ottawa County peninsula. Catawba Island is one of 12 townships that make up Ottawa County, Ohio. It is commonly referred to as Catawba and Catawba Island, although it is no longer an island as the water separating it from the mainland has been diverted.

Green Island Light

Categories: lighthouse and building
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.64507° or 41° 38′ 42″ north

Longitude

-82.8678° or 82° 52′ 4″ west

Elevation

164 feet (50 metres)

Operator

U.S. Coast Guard

Open location code

86HVJ4WJ+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 753586884

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q5602719

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Green Island Light” goes by many names.

French: “phare de Green Island”
French: “Phare de Green Island”

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