Split Rock Lighthouse is currently under construction. The Lighthouse and other historic buildings are open, but are subject to change, please check for updated information.
After a November gale wrecked nearly 30 ships in 1905, the president of a steamship company led a delegation urging the U.S. Lighthouse Service to construct this rugged landmark.
Split Rock Light Station was completed in 1910, and for half a century it oversaw the safe passage of freighters carrying freshly mined ore from Minnesota’s Iron Range.
