List of lighthouses in Minnesota
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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.
The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858{{Cite rowlett|mn}} and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light.{{cite uscghist|MN}}
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,{{cite uscgll|7|2012|}} while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.
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Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Image ! Location ! width="100"| Coordinates ! Year first lit ! Automated ! Year deactivated ! Current Lens ! Focal Height |
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Duluth North Pier Light
| 100px | Duluth | {{coord|46.7810|N|92.0881|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Duluth North Pier Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1910 | style="text-align: center;"| Unknown | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| LED | style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light | 100px | Duluth | {{coord|46.7788|N|92.0918|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Duluth South Breakwater Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1889 (Former) | style="text-align: center;"| 1976 | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| LED | style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|68|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light | 100px | Duluth | {{coord|46.7801|N|92.0875|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Duluth South Breakwater Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1874 (Former) | style="text-align: center;"| 1976 | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| LED | style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Grand Marais Light
| 100px | {{coord|47.7452|N|90.3379|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Grand Marais Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1885 (Former) | style="text-align: center;"| 1937 | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| LED | style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|48|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Minnesota Point Light
| 100px | Duluth | {{coord|46.7100|N|92.0259|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Minnesota Point Light}}{{Cite web |url=http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/LC00966_06_1952_LS |title=calculated using Google Maps and 1952 chart of Duluth–Superior Harbors |access-date=2012-04-25 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071827/http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/LC00966_06_1952_LS |url-status=dead }} | style="text-align: center;"| 1858 | style="text-align: center;"| Never | style="text-align: center;"| 1913 | style="text-align: center;"| None | style="text-align: center;"| Unknown |
Split Rock Lighthouse
| 100px | {{coord|47.1999|N|91.3671|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Split Rock Light}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=269|title=Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota|publisher=LighthouseFriends}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1910 | style="text-align: center;"| Never | style="text-align: center;"| 1969 | style="text-align: center;"| Third-order Fresnel {{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Two Harbors Light
| 100px | {{coord|47.0140|N|91.6635|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Two Harbors Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1892 | style="text-align: center;"| 1980 | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| DCB-224 | style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|78|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
Two Harbors Breakwater Light
| File:Two_Harbors_Breakwater_Light.jpg | style="text-align: center;"| {{coord|47.0106|N|91.6695|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Two Harbors Breakwater Light}} | style="text-align: center;"| 1906{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=268|title=Two Harbors Breakwater, MN|work=Lighthouse Friends|accessdate=September 20, 2017}} | style="text-align: center;"| Unknown | style="text-align: center;"| Active | style="text-align: center;"| LED {{convert|33.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} |