Lake Michigan
Michigan City East Pierhead Light
Michigan City, Indiana
Its real signal — watch it blink
Occ W 4s — occulting white, blink every 4 seconds
One full cycle: 4 seconds.
- Built
- 1904
- First lit
- 1904
- Height
- 49 ft
- Focal plane
- 56 ft above water
- Status
- Still burning
- Visited
- Add your year
The one closest to home — an octagonal white tower standing right on the east pierhead at Michigan City, its red-roofed fog signal room tucked underneath. An 'occulting' light: on three seconds, off one, on three, off one. Every Hoosier lighthouse dream starts here on the Indiana shore.