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Pilot Island Light

Gills Rock, WI · 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

LocationGills Rock, WI (Door County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number21325
Light characteristicFl (2)W 6s
Height of light above water48 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureYellow square tower with red roofs attached to dwelling.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 11/21/1983 · Reference #83004279
Position45.28444, -86.91973 (federal record; not for navigation)

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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