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Managing Organization:
Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse
Telephone: 231-352-4915
Website: http://www.pointbetsie.org
Email:
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 601
Frankfort
Michigan, 49635, United States
Notes:
This was the last lighthouse on Lake Michigan to be automated. The buildings have been abandoned since 1996 and are falling into disrepair. The light station was transferred to Benzie County and the Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse in June 2004.
Tower Height: 37
Height of Focal Plane: 52
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 10 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, cylindrical brick tower; white lantern with red roof.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1894 attached two-story keeper's house, steel fog signal building, oil house, two storage buildings.
Date Established: 1858
Date Present Tower Built: 1858
Date Automated: 1984
Optics: 1858: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed 1996); now modern optic.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
This lighthouse is located at the end of Point Betsie Road, off M-22 in Frankfort.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: See www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/betsie/keepers.htm for a list of keepers.
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