Sherwood Point Light

Sherwood Point Light

Location	Idlewild, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°53′34″N 87°26′0.36″W / 44.89278°N 87.4334333°W / 44.89278; -87.4334333Coordinates: 44°53′34″N 87°26′0.36″W / 44.89278°N 87.4334333°W / 44.89278; -87.4334333[1]
Year first lit	1883
Automated	1983
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Brick
Tower shape	Square[1]
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Original lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic	White, Isophase 6 s[1]
ARLHS number	USA-754
USCG number	7-22000

The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Idlewild in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.

Situated on the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, as the Sherwood Point Light Station, reference #84003663.

Further reading

• Havighurst, Walter. The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes. Macmillan, 1943.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Sapulski, Wayne S. Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. ISBN 0-923568-47-6.
• Wright, Larry and Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. ISBN 1-55046-399-3.

Gallery

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014. 

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 

External links

• Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sherwood Point Light Station.
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
• Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". 

Lighthouses of Wisconsin
See also: List of lighthouses in Wisconsin
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