Chicago Harbor Light
Chicago, IL · Active aid to navigation
No access information published
Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.
Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12
Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)
The light
| Location | Chicago, IL (Cook County) |
|---|---|
| Status | Active aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file) |
| Light List number | 19960 |
| Light characteristic | Fl R 5s |
| Height of light above water | 82 ft (USCG AtoN) |
| Structure | White conical tower. |
| National Register of Historic Places | Listed 7/19/1984 · Reference #84000986 |
| Position | 41.88936, -87.59048 (federal record; not for navigation) |
| Coast Guard remark | HORN operates by keying the microphone five times on VHF-FM channel 83A. 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl). |
Sources
USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).