Lighthouses of Wisconsin - Longtail Point - Green Bay
Longtail Point - Green Bay
The Long Tail Point Light was a lighthouse in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Long abandoned but still standing.

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Location

Take I-41 north of Green Bay for 2 miles and turn east on Lineville Road.  Follow Lineville road down to the water front and there will be a public launching area for small boats and kayaks.   

The ride on the Kayak is about :30 minutes in an area of the Bay of Green Bay that is protected from winds and waves.  

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History

Key Historical Highlights:​
  1. Long Tail Point is a sand bar lying at the southern end of the bay; as it lies adjacent to the channel into the city of Green Bay, a lighthouse was constructed in 1848. The structure was built from fieldstone collected at Bay Settlement on the opposite shore and was originally lit with an array of oil lamps.  These lamps were replaced with a Fresnel lens in the 1850s, but soon the light was surrounded by water, and it was abandoned in 1859 in favor of a new house a short distance to the north. The new lighthouse was an integral frame dwelling with the old lantern placed on its roof; it employed a fourth order Fresnel lens.  In 1899 the light's distance from the newly dredged channel prompted the construction of a third light, this time on a concrete pier resting on a wooden crib offshore;  the fog bell was moved to the Sand Point Light in Michigan. This new crib house was much smaller than the second house, and the keepers continued to live in the latter until automation of the light in 1936. A storm in 1973 washed this structure away and it was replaced by a skeleton tower.
    The second house was sold to a private interest on the understanding that it would be moved; however, during the attempted relocation, the structure fell through the ice and was destroyed. The defunct first tower was given away in 1870, to be torn down. The tower's massive stone walls, however, defeated the new owner's attempts to destroy it, and the truncated tower still stands on the sandy spit.

Photography
Moderately difficult to reach this lighthouse.  I like visiting her with a Kayak.  The water is shallow so you can easily stand in the water or use a tripod.
You can land your kayak on the shore and walk into the lighthouse.
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LENS - 24-104mm lens would be best.

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