Public Tours of the Tawas Point Lighthouse Announced

Good news for lighthouse fans. The Friends of Tawas Point State Park have opened the 1876 tower to public tours every weekend through October.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been in charge of the tower since 2001. The state put a new roof on the beacon and sealed its bricks with sand and lime. Now, the DNR and the volunteers are teaming up to take everything that is new off the tower and lightkeepers house for a re-creation of life there 100 years ago.

Not too many years ago, all that we lighthouse fans could do was stand below them and gaze at their lofty heights. But now, through the efforts of many volunteer groups like the Tawas Point Friends, we are invited to see them inside and out, with history tours to boot.