VOLUNTEER KEEPER PROGRAMS

 
LAKE MICHIGAN
Big Sable Point Lighthouse
Fee charged, minimum two week duty period
Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association
P.O. Box 673, Ludington, MI 49431
Phone: (231) 845-7343
Web www.splka.org
 
Grand Traverse Lighthouse
Fee charged, 1 week duty period
P.O. Box 43, Northport, MI 49670
Phone: (231) 386-7195
Email: gtlthse@triton.net
Web:www.grandtraverselighthouse.com
 
Little Sable Point Lighthouse
Fee charged, no minimum duty period
Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association
P.O. Box 673, Ludington, MI 49431
Phone: (231) 845-7343
Web www.splka.org
 
Ludington North Breakwater Lighthouse
Fee charged, no minimum duty period
Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association
P.O. Box 673, Ludington, MI 49431
Phone: (231) 845-7343
Web www.splka.org
 
Mission Point Lighthouse
Fee charged, minimum one week duty period
Peninsula Township, 13235 Center Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone: (231) 645-0759
Email:missionpointlight@gmail.com
Web: www.missionpointlighthouse.com

 
South Fox Island Lighthouse
No Fee, minimum two-week duty period
P.O. Box 851 Traverse City, MI 49685

Email:philfvon@gmail.com
Web: www.southfox.org

 
St. Helena Island Lighthouse
Fee charged, minimum 5 day duty period
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
PO Box 219, Mackinaw City, MI 49701
Phone: (231) 436-5580
Email info@gllka.com
Web www.gllka.com/preservation/lights/sthelena/volunteer/
 
LAKE HURON
Cheboygan River Front Range
No fee charged, weekend-long duty period
GLLKA, PO Box 219, Mackinaw City, MI 49701
Phone: (231) 436-5580
Email info@gllka.com
Web www.gllka.com/preservation/lights/crfrl/volunteer/
 
DeTour Reef Light
Fee charged, weekend-long duty period
DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society, P.O. Box 307, Drummond Island, MI 49726
Phone: (906)-493-6609
Email:Keepers@DRLPS.com
Web: www.drlps.com
 
Forty Mile Point
Fee charged, stay in your own RV, flexible duty term
40 Mile Point Lighthouse Society, P.O. Box 205, Rogers City, MI 49779
Phone: (989) 785-2468
Email: cllohman91@gmail.com
Web: www.40milepointlighthouse.org
 
Point aux Barques Lighthouse
Fee charged, your group of two to four adults can spend a week or more staying in the Assistant Keeper's house overlooking the scenic shores of Lake Huron.
Point aux Barques Lighthouse, 7320 Lighthouse Road, Port Hope, Michigan 48468
Phone: (989)768-0466
Email: mimiherrington@comcast.net
Web: www.pointeauxbarqueslighthouse.org
 
Tawas Point
No Fee. Two week period
Tawas Point State Park, 686 Tawas Beach Road,
East Tawas, MI 48730
Phone: (989) 348-2537 or 989-362-5658

Email: dnr-tawaskeepers@michigan.gov
Website: www.michigan.gov/tawaslighthouse

LAKE SUPERIOR
Au Sable Point Lighthouse
No fee, June, July, August, Sept
Volunteers to work for a month tour
Post openings on volunteer.gov
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40, Munising, MI 49862
Phone (906) 387-3700 or (906) 387-2607
Email: piro_information@nps.gov
Web: www.nps.gov/piro/historyculture/ausablelightstation.htm
 
Crisp Point Lighthouse
CPLHS Membership Required & No Minimum Duty Period.
Crisp Point Light Historical Society
PO Box 229, Paradise, MI 49768
Telephone: (906) 658-3600
Email:keepercoordinator@crisppointlighthouse.org
Website: www.crisppointlighthouse.org/volunteerkeepers.html
 
Point Iroquois Lighthouse
No charge, minimum duty period of 1 year.
Hiawatha National Forest, USDA Forest Service
W-1900 West US-2,
Saint Ignace, MI 49781
Phone: (906) 643-7900