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Waukegan Breakwater Light

Waukegan, 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 · Checked 2026-11-12

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

The light

LocationWaukegan, IL (Lake County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number20335
Light characteristicFl (2)R 5s
Height of light above water20 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite cylindrical tower with red band.
Position42.36235, -87.81079 (federal record; not for navigation)

Sources

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

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