Outer Island Light

Outer Island Light
LocationWisconsin
Coordinates47°04′35.5″N 90°25′00.11″W / 47.076528°N 90.4166972°W / 47.076528; -90.4166972
Tower
FoundationStone
ConstructionBrick with Italianate bracketing
Automated1961
Height90 feet (27 m)
ShapeFrustum of a cone with attached brownstone keeper's house
MarkingsWhite with black trim and lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places contributing property 
Light
First lit1874
Focal height130 feet (40 m)
LensThird-order Fresnel lens (original), solar powered Vega VRB-25 (current)
Range12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
CharacteristicWhite, flashing, 10 sec

The Outer Island lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Outer Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

The light was designed by United States Lighthouse Board Eleventh District Chief Engineer Orlando Poe and constructed under the supervision of his successor, Godfrey Weitzel.

Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. It is listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-318. The lighthouse is attached to a two-story, red brick keeper's quarters.