Marblehead, OH
Location: NE corner of Marblehead peninsula
Region: Marblehead
County: Ottawa
State: Ohio
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Type of lighthouse: Land
Characteristic: Fl G 6 sec
Height of light: 67 Feet
65 ft
Range: 11 nautical miles
Current Optic: 300mm plastic beacon
Original Optic: 13 lamps & reflectors
Fog Signal: horn
First light: 1821
Description: white with red trim, conical
Position: dd mm.m' N; ddd mm.m' W
Current Status: Active aid to navigation -- Automatic
References: US National Park Service, 1994.
Access: By car, In a park. Access road looks like a driveway.
Public tours on select weekends during summer.
Notes: Oldest active light on Great Lakes;
Third order lens at Marblehead Coast Guard station;
Ottawa County Historical Society owns original;
1823 single story fieldstone keepers dwelling is located 3 miles from the light.
Close-up of tower. (Credit: Blaine and Dalene Thomas)