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Sand Hills Light
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LocationAhmeek, Michigan
Coordinates47°23′31″N 88°22′13.5″W / 47.39194°N 88.370417°W / 47.39194; -88.370417
Tower
Constructed1919
ConstructionYellow brick
Automated1939[1]
Height91 feet (28 m)[2]
ShapeSquare
Markingsnatural with black lantern and trim
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1919
Deactivated1954 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height93 feet (28 m)[3]
LensFourth order Fresnel lens with bullseye[5]
Range16 nautical miles; 29 kilometres (18 mi)[4]
Sand Hills Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest cityMohawk, Michigan
Area55 acres (22 ha)
ArchitectPark, Charles A.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.94000746[6]
Added to NRHPJuly 27, 1994

Sand Hills was an active lighthouse on the shore of Lake Superior is on private property and is currently closed to the public. It is located in Ahmeek in Keweenaw County in the Keweenaw Peninsula, which is the northern part of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

  1. ^ National Park Service Maritime Heritage Project, Inventory of Historic Lighthouses, Sand Hills Light.
  2. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
  3. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
  4. ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Sand Hills Light, but compare Wobser, David & Colt, Edin, Sand Hills Lighthouse, boatnerd.com which opines it was 9.6 nautical miles; 18 kilometres (11 mi) originally. Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Exploring was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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