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Tawas 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 (Iosco County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number11240
Light characteristicFl W 4s
Height of light above water46 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureSquare skeleton tower.
Position44.24835, -83.45916 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3s bl-3s si-3s bl-51s si). Fog signal operates by keying VHF FM Marine Radio channel 83A five times.

Sources

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

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