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

Sherwood Point Light

Location	Idlewild, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°53′34″N 87°26′0.36″W[1][2]
Tower
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Brick
Automated	1983
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Shape	Square[1]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1883
Focal height	18.5 m (61 ft)
Lens	Fifth order Fresnel lens
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic	White, Isophase 6 s[1]
Sherwood Point Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR (Archived October 17, 2012)
NRHP reference No.	84003663[3]
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

Situated on the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[3]

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.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sherwood Point Light Station.

• Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County Maritime Museum
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sherwood Point Light Station (Archived May 9, 2021)
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
• Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2022-04-22.
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WI-110, "Sherwood Point Light Station, Sherwood Point Road at the mouth (west side) of Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI", 19 photos, 1 data page, 5 photo caption pages

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