The restoration of the Lighthouse was completed in Fall 2007. Volunteers are available during designated hours to provide information and limited guided tours. The tours enable visitors to climb to the top of the 74-foot tower for spectacular views of the lakefront, park and city.

Travel Instructions

Latitude/Longitude: 43°03.9'N 87°32.4'W for GPS users
From the west and south
From Interstate 43 in Milwaukee, drive east on Interstate 794. Take the Lakefront exit and go north on Lincoln Memorial Drive for 2.2 miles. Turn left opposite McKinley Park Beach and drive up the hill on E. Water Tower Road. Turn right on Terrace Avenue and make a quick right onto Wahl Avenue. The lighthouse will be on your right after about half a mile, in the southern end of Lake Park. You can find us using Google Maps as well.

From the North
From Interstate 43 and Milwaukee, take the Locust Street exit and go east as far as you can (you will facing Lake Park). Turn right on to Lake Drive and go south two blocks where Wahl Avenue begins on an angle to your left. Turn onto and follow Wahl Avenue for about one block. The lighthouse will be on your left. You can find us using Google Maps as well.

Parking

Visitors arrive at the west entrance to the North Point Light Station, but no general visitor parking is available on site. Those in need of parking are directed to the parking lot at Lake Park Pavilion, one block North of the Lighthouse. From the parking lot, visitors can access the Lighthouse by following the walks from the southeast corner of the lot. The lot maybe used for handicapped access.

Educational Programs

The educational component of the Lighthouse operation provides an important link between a child’s current history and social studies curricula. It shows how such history has continued to impact our economy, our modes of transportation, communication methods and trade, resulting in products that reach all corners of the world through water transportation.

Trained docents work with both elementary and middle school principals, teachers and neighborhood children’s groups to develop a responsive program that addresses the learning needs of each age group that may tour the facility.
North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc.

2650 N. Wahl Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Phone: (414)332-NPLH (6754)
keeper@northpointlighthouse.org

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