Manistee Main Lighthouse

Manistee Main Lighthouse assists vessels approaching 5 nearby ports. The closest is MANISTEE at 0.3 NM to the SE. Other ports served include ONEKAMA (8.1 NM NE), ARCADIA (14.5 NM NNE), Ludington (19.1 NM SSW), Frankfort (23 NM N). Mariners should consult the relevant chart for full approach and pilotage information.

Manistee Main Lighthouse is currently listed as inactive. It may have been decommissioned, replaced by a different navigation aid, or temporarily taken out of service. Mariners should check the latest Notices to Mariners for current status.

You can track vessels near Manistee Main Lighthouse in real time using MarineRadar. The platform shows live AIS positions of ships in the area, including vessel name, type, flag, speed, and course.

It is a fixed navigational aid on the coast at Michigan's Western Lower Peninsula, US. Mariners identify it by its light characteristic — the pattern, colour and timing of its flashes — which is unique among the lights in its area, so a bearing on it fixes a vessel’s position without instruments.