| SAND HILLS LIGHT |
Note: This data was collected from the United States Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and other members of the Michigan Lighthouse Project. We are not responsible for omissions or inaccuracies.
Location: BETWEEN
FIVE MILE POINT EAGLE RIVER
Body of Water: Lake Superior
County: Keweenaw
Year Station Established: 1919
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 47° 23' 33"
Longitude: 88° 22' 19"
Year Constructed:
1919
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit:
1919
Operational?
No
Automated?
1939
Deactivated:
1954
Construction Materials:
YELLOW BRICK
Ancillary Buildings:
No
Grounds:
No
Bottomlands:
No
COE Structure:
No
Architectural Style:
SQUARE
Markings/Pattern:
NATURAL
Relationship to Other Structure:
INTEGRAL
Original Lens:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1919
Owner:
B & B
Open to the Public?
Yes
Museum:
No
National Register Status:
PART OF LISTING; Reference #80004838
History:
REPLACED EAGLE RIVER LIGHT WHICH WAS DISCONTINUED 1908; USED AS BARRACKS DURING WWII
