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

Duluth North Pier Light

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| 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;"| 046 {{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)
1901 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1976

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| LED

| style="text-align: center;"| 068 {{convert|68|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Duluth South Breakwater
Outer Light

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| Duluth

| {{coord|46.7801|N|92.0875|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Duluth South Breakwater Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1874 (Former)
1901 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1976

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| LED

| style="text-align: center;"| 044 {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Grand Marais Light

| 100px

| Grand Marais

| {{coord|47.7452|N|90.3379|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN|name=Grand Marais Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1885 (Former)
1922 (Current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1937

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| LED

| style="text-align: center;"| 048 {{convert|48|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Minnesota Point Light

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| 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
(Now in ruins)

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| Unknown

Split Rock Lighthouse

| 100px

| Beaver Bay Township

| {{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
(Now a museum)

| style="text-align: center;"| Third-order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| 168 {{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Two Harbors Light

| 100px

| Two Harbors

| {{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
(Also a museum)

| style="text-align: center;"| DCB-224

| style="text-align: center;"| 078 {{convert|78|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Two Harbors Breakwater Light

| File:Two_Harbors_Breakwater_Light.jpg

| Two Harbors

| 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
(Inactive: 1947–1950)

| style="text-align: center;"| LED

| style="text-align: center;"| 033 {{convert|33.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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