Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Light is the inner light of two

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

s on the south pier of

Grand Haven Grand Haven is a city within the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2010 census, Grand H ...

, Michigan where the Grand River enters

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...

. A lighthouse was first lit there in 1839. The lighthouse was put up for sale in 2009 under the

National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 (NHLPA; Public Law 106-355; 16 U.S.C. 470w-7) is American legislation creating a process for the transfer of federally owned lighthouses into private hands. It was created as an extension o ...

. The City of Grand Haven now owns the pier, but it is maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses
Detroit News
Interactive map of lighthouses in southern Lake MichiganLighthouse Friends (Grand Haven Light)Map of Michigan Lighthouse
in PDF Format

* National Park Servicebr>Inventory of Historic Lighthouses, Maritime Heritage, Grand Haven South Pierhead light.
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Lighthouses completed in 1905 Lighthouses in Michigan Buildings and structures in Ottawa County, Michigan Grand Haven, Michigan 1905 establishments in Michigan {{US-lighthouse-stub

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