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Map: Where to find lighthouses in Michigan

Michigan is one of the few states with so many lighthouses

Elizabeth Washington, Digital News Editor

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This Sept. 23, 2012 photo shows the ferry to Mackinac Island, Mich., and the Round Island Lighthouse, which dates to the 1890s but is no longer a functioning lighthouse. The picturesque lighthouse once marked the channel between Round Island and Mackinac. The ferry brings visitors to Mackinac, a vacation destination known for Victorian charm in modern times. (AP Photo/Anick Jesdanun)
This is a 1999 photo of the Point Iroquois Lighthouse near Brimley, in Michigan's Upper Penninsula. The state must take care of many more of its aging lighthouses since the federal government has started to turn over control of the facilities to Michigan. (AP Photo/Michigan Travel Services)
The Point Betsie Lighthouse (Amber Ainsworth/WDIV)
This image from Aug. 7, 2007 shows the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse in Harrisville, Michigan. (AP Photo/Nancy Benac)
In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, the Port Austin Reef Lighthouse is seen from a boat more than two miles from the Michigan shore in Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay near Port Austin, Mich. Members of the nonprofit Port Austin Reef Light Association have worked for decades to restore the structure, which was last inhabited by light keepers in 1952. (AP Photo/Roger Schneider)
The Little Sable Point Lighthouse in Silver Lake State Park near Mears, Mich. is shown on May 24, 2006. "Whether you're looking for a day or a week of relaxing in and enjoying beach-front communities, Lake Michigan's shoreline is really where you need to go," says Kirsten Borgstrom, a spokeswoman for Travel Michigan, the state's travel and tourism agency. Michigan's west coast is actually the eastern shore of the bottom half of Lake Michigan, the only one of the five Great Lakes entirely within the United States. It's so large _ up to 118 miles wide _ that it resembles an inland, freshwater sea, with crashing waves and high and low tides. (AP Photo/James Prichard)
This photo taken Dec. 14, 2010 on Beaver Island, Mich. shows the Beaver Island Lighthouse School at dusk. The Lighthouse School is an alternative high school located on a remote island in northern Lake Michigan. Students who attend here have either dropped out of traditional high school, or are at risk of doing so. Many see it as a last chance to get a diploma. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Fort Gratiot Lighthouse near Port Huron
Historic Crisp Point Lighthouse near Newberry, Michigan. Photo provided by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Bob and Jackie Ryan of Manistee and Grand Rapids, Mich., walk on the North Manistee Lighthouse pier in Manistee, Mich., Thursday, April 27, 2006, watching the sun set over Lake Michigan. Clear evenings are perfect for a walk, according to the couple, who take every opportunity to enjoy the beauty of northern Michigan at their second home. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)
The historic North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse near Leland Township, Michigan. Photo taken by David McWilliam and provided by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
A beautiful orange sunset behind the lighthouse and breakwater at Grand Haven State Park is shown.
Tawas Point Lighthouse (Michigan Gov)

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This Sept. 23, 2012 photo shows the ferry to Mackinac Island, Mich., and the Round Island Lighthouse, which dates to the 1890s but is no longer a functioning lighthouse. The picturesque lighthouse once marked the channel between Round Island and Mackinac. The ferry brings visitors to Mackinac, a vacation destination known for Victorian charm in modern times. (AP Photo/Anick Jesdanun)

Michigan lighthouses have been shining a light on the Great Lakes for centuries.

With more than 3,200 miles of shoreline, lighthouses greatly impact the water community.

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