Straits of Mackinac
Old Mackinac Point Light
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Its real signal — watch it blink
Fl R 10s — red flash every 10 seconds (historic — decommissioned 1957)
One full cycle: 10 seconds.
- Built
- 1892
- First lit
- 1892
- Height
- 50 ft
- Focal plane
- 62 ft above water
- Status
- Light discontinued 1957
- Visited
- Add your year
The castle on the Strait — a cream-brick tower rising out of its stone keepers' quarters, watching the treacherous two-mile crossing under the Mackinac Bridge. From 1892 to 1957 it burned red, flashing every ten seconds, one of the last of the Great Lakes' steam-age stations. Decommissioned, but its restored light is relit on special nights.