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South Haven South 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 (Van Buren County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number19505
Light characteristicF R
Height of light above water37 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureRed conical tower.
Position42.40135, -86.28796 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkFog Signal operates by keying the microphone five times on VHF-FM CH 83A. HORN: 2 blast ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).

Sources

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

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