Waukegan Harbor Lighthouse
Waukegan, Illinois
Updated in April 2012
Name: Waukegan Harbor Lighthouse
Nearest City: Waukegan, Illinois
Location: On Government Pier on the western shore of Lake Michigan
Body of water: Waukegan Harbor & Lake Michigan
Style of lighthouse: Cylindrical
Lens & Location: Open light ontop of tower
Other Lens: 4th Order Fresnel Lens
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations:
Groups to join: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association - GLLKA
Owned by: United States Coast Guard
Managed by: United States Coast Guard
National Register of Historic Places: No
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Photographed it: September 30, 2001 / September 25, 2006 / June 28, 2010
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Latitude: 42.36068 Longitude: -87.81342
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Nearest City: Waukegan, Illinois
Location: On Government Pier on the western shore of Lake Michigan
Body of water: Waukegan Harbor & Lake Michigan
Style of lighthouse: Cylindrical
Lens & Location: Open light ontop of tower
Other Lens: 4th Order Fresnel Lens
Lighthouse Website:
Organizations:
Groups to join: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association - GLLKA
Owned by: United States Coast Guard
Managed by: United States Coast Guard
National Register of Historic Places: No
Do the grounds have lodging: No
Web Cams: No
On a license plate: No
On a USPS Stamp: No
Haunted: No
Other Lighthouse Information:
At one point the Waukegan Harbor lighthouse had an elevated walk made of wrought iron posts and galvanized wire rope. A two story steel fog signal building, lined with brick, was attached to the cast iron tower on the breakwater and onshore a keepers house was built. In 1967 a fire destroyed the fog signal building and the lantern room of the lighthouse. Today there’s an open light (exposed beacon) where the lens used be located. You'll often see people walking, relaxing or fishing on the breakwater.The Lighthouse Hunters Experience:
In 2001 and 2006 we walk on the breakwater for a total of ¾ hours to take pictures of the lighthouse. Then on the beautiful, June 28, 2010 we were aboard the 110 foot Keweenaw Star photographing 21 lighthouses for the day. We had another fantastic day on the water with our fellow lighthouse hunters from GLLKA.Photographed it: September 30, 2001 / September 25, 2006 / June 28, 2010
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Latitude: 42.36068 Longitude: -87.81342
For directions click Google Maps
Photo taken on September 25, 2006
Photo taken on June 28, 2010
Photo taken on June 28, 2010
Photo taken on June 28, 2010
Photo taken on September 25, 2006
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by The Lighthouse Hunters - Christine & Tom Cardaci.
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