During the initial phase, scheduled from May 5 through 21, visitors will not have access to historic buildings on the site, including the Split Rock Lighthouse itself. The visitor center, gift ...

Split Rock Lighthouse is almost done with its most extensive programmatic update in a generation. ... “What we’ve been doing in the last two years is working on renovation to our exhibit gallery.

Split Rock Lighthouse was officially decommissioned and closed in 1969. The 1910 structure, including the lightkeeper's house , is open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week.

As Split Rock Lighthouse's first head keeper from 1910 to 1928, Orren "Pete" Young cautioned countless sailors from his cliff-top perch overlooking Lake Superior, 50 miles up the shore from Duluth.