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| Location | North of Frankfort, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 44°41′29″N 86°15′19″W / 44.6913°N 86.2552°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1858 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Cream City brick |
| Automated | April 1983 |
| Height | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings | White tower/Red roof |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1859[1] |
| Focal height | 52 feet (16 m) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel Lens (original), VRB-25 (current) |
| Range | 26 kilometres (16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
Point Betsie Light Station | |
| Location | Point Betsie, Frankfort, Michigan |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1858 |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001375[2] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
Point Betsie Light is located on the northeast shore of Lake Michigan — at the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage — north of Frankfort in Benzie County in Northern Michigan.[3] Construction began in 1854, but it was not completed until 1858, and began service in the shipping season of 1859. The lighthouse cost $5,000 to build. In 1875, a life saving station was built for $3,000.[4]
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terrypepper.comwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original on 2007-06-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Western Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Homepage of Historic Facility - Point Betsie Lighthouse - Frankfort, Michigan". Pointbetsie.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.