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Portage Lake North Pierhead Light

MI · 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 · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationMI (Manistee County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number18415
Light characteristicFl G 4s
Height of light above water32 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite cylindrical tower with green band.
Position44.36042, -86.26805 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl) operat the fog signal by keying VHF FM marine radio 5 times on channel 83A

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data).

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