List of lighthouses in Minnesota

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858 and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.

NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Duluth North Pier Light Duluth 1910 Unknown Active LED 046 Duluth South BreakwaterInner Light Duluth 1889 (Former) 1901 (Current) 1976 Active LED 068 Duluth South BreakwaterOuter Light Duluth 1874 (Former) 1901 (Current) 1976 Active LED 044 Grand Marais Light Grand Marais 1885 (Former) 1922 (Current) 1937 Active LED 048 Minnesota Point Light Duluth 1858 Never 1913(Now in ruins) None Unknown Split Rock Lighthouse Beaver Bay Township 1910 Never 1969(Now a museum) Third-order Fresnel 168 Two Harbors Light Two Harbors 1892 1980 Active(Also a museum) DCB-224 078 Two Harbors Breakwater Light Two Harbors 1906 Unknown Active(Inactive: 1947–1950) LED 033

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