This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.
The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858[1] and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light.[2]
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
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Duluth North Pier Light | Duluth | 46°46′52″N 92°05′17″W / 46.7810°N 92.0881°W | 1910 | Unknown | Active | LED | 46 ft (14 m) | |
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light |
Duluth | 46°46′44″N 92°05′30″W / 46.7788°N 92.0918°W | 1889 (Former) 1901 (Current) |
1976 | Active | LED | 68 ft (21 m) | |
Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light |
Duluth | 46°46′48″N 92°05′15″W / 46.7801°N 92.0875°W | 1874 (Former) 1901 (Current) |
1976 | Active | LED | 44 ft (13 m) | |
Grand Marais Light | Grand Marais | 47°44′43″N 90°20′16″W / 47.7452°N 90.3379°W | 1885 (Former) 1922 (Current) |
1937 | Active | LED | 48 ft (15 m) | |
Minnesota Point Light | Duluth | 46°42′36″N 92°01′33″W / 46.7100°N 92.0259°W[4] | 1858 | Never | 1913 (Now in ruins) |
None | Unknown | |
Split Rock Lighthouse | Beaver Bay Township | 47°12′00″N 91°22′02″W / 47.1999°N 91.3671°W[5] | 1910 | Never | 1969 (Now a museum) |
Third-order Fresnel | [5] | 168 ft (51 m)|
Two Harbors Light | Two Harbors | 47°00′50″N 91°39′49″W / 47.0140°N 91.6635°W | 1892 | 1980 | Active (Also a museum) |
DCB-224 | 78 ft (24 m) | |
Two Harbors Breakwater Light | Two Harbors | 47°00′38″N 91°40′10″W / 47.0106°N 91.6695°W | 1906[6] | Unknown | Active (Inactive: 1947–1950[6]) |
LED | [6] | 33.5 ft (10.2 m)