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Gravelly Shoal and Skillagalee Lighthouses for Sale in Michigan

Two working Michigan lighthouses, Gravelly Shoal in Saginaw Bay and Skillagalee in Lake Michigan, listed together at $179,900. A nonprofit owns both and will not split them.

$179,900 Asking price

  • Aerial view of Skillagalee Island in northern Lake Michigan, with the white lighthouse tower near the middle of the low gravel island and a small boat in the clear water below.
    Skillagalee Island from the air. The name is usually translated as "Island of Pebbles."
  • Gravelly Shoal Lighthouse in open water, a white tower on a round dark base with a black steel skeleton mast above the lantern position.
    Gravelly Shoal Lighthouse in Saginaw Bay.
  • Skillagalee Lighthouse, a white octagonal tower with a black lantern, seen from a path across the gravel island under a blue sky.
    Skillagalee's octagonal tower and the path to it.
  • Gravelly Shoal Lighthouse from the water, a tall white tower with a black steel mast on a dark round pier, against a blue sky.
    Gravelly Shoal from the water.
  • Gravelly Shoal Lighthouse with gulls circling and the wake of a boat in the foreground.
    Gulls and boat wake at Gravelly Shoal.
  • Close view of Gravelly Shoal's white tower, iron gallery railing and the dark round pier rising from the water.
    The pier and gallery railing at Gravelly Shoal.
  • The base of Gravelly Shoal's tower with a steel stair and railing leading up from the pier deck.
    The landing stair at the base of Gravelly Shoal's tower.
  • Skillagalee's white octagonal tower seen from the base looking up, with a lantern room at the top and dune grass in the foreground.
    Skillagalee tower, looking up from the island.
  • Skillagalee Lighthouse at night with its beam sweeping across a dark sky above the island.
    The light still works. This is Skillagalee at night.
  • Skillagalee Lighthouse standing alone on a snow-covered island in winter.
    Skillagalee in winter.
  • Detail of Skillagalee's lantern room and gallery at the top of the white tower.
    Lantern room and gallery.
  • The entrance door at the foot of Skillagalee's tower with fresh concrete steps.
    The entrance at the foot of Skillagalee's tower.
  • Inside the gallery of a lighthouse looking through an open wooden door with the lantern glass beside it.
    Gallery door and lantern-room glass.
  • View down from the tower onto the gravel island with a boardwalk path and a boat at the landing.
    The island and landing seen from the tower.
  • View from the top of the tower along a narrow gravel spit into calm blue water.
    Looking out from the tower along the spit.
  • Vaulted interior chamber inside the base of a lighthouse pier with arched openings and a central column.
    Inside the base at Gravelly Shoal.
  • A steel-walled interior room with a ladder and a hatch in the floor inside a lighthouse.
    An interior room with the ladder up.

Photos: Key Realty One-TC, listing agent Jennifer Kreta, via the Weichert / MiRealSource listing

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Questions about Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee

Is Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee for sale?

Yes, Gravelly Shoal and Skillagalee are for sale. The two lighthouses are listed together for $179,900 by Jennifer Kreta of Key Realty One-TC (MiRealSource 80069393). The listing went active on June 8, 2026, and we last confirmed it on October 13, 2026.

How much is Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee?

The asking price is $179,900 for both lighthouses. A nonprofit, Lightkeepers Reservation Corp LLC, owns them and will not sell one without the other. Skillagalee alone sold at a federal auction for $23,250 in 2015.

Where is Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee and how do you get there?

Neither lighthouse has road access. Gravelly Shoal stands in Saginaw Bay off Au Gres. Skillagalee sits on an island in northern Lake Michigan, about 7 miles northwest of Cross Village. You bring your own boat and call the listing agent before any visit.

What comes with Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee?

Two towers and their beacons, which the Coast Guard manages. Gravelly Shoal has a bunker space under the tower. No keeper's house or other dwelling is listed. A buyer also needs a Private Use Agreement with Michigan for the bottomlands.

What is the sale history of Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee?

Both lights sold at GSA online auctions in 2015. Skillagalee went for $23,250. Gravelly Shoal's first high bid of $16,000 did not close, so it passed to the next bidder. The June 2026 listing is the asking price for both together.

  1. Gravelly Shoal sold at a GSA online auction

    The first high bid was $16,000. That bidder did not close and the light went to the next bidder.

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  2. Skillagalee sold at a GSA online auction $23,250

    It had been offered free under the NHLPA in 2011 and drew no applicants, so GSA sold it to the public.

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  3. Listed for sale $179,900

    Offered as one package. The listing names Lightkeepers Reservation Corp LLC, a nonprofit, as the owner of both lights.

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What are Skillagalee and Gravelly Shoal like?

Skillagalee is the classic Lake Michigan tower: octagonal brick, built in 1888, on a low gravel island between Beaver Island and the mainland. The name is usually translated as “Island of Pebbles.” The keeper’s house came down when the light was automated in 1969, and the tower is on the National Register.

Gravelly Shoal stands on a shoal that reaches about 2.5 miles into Saginaw Bay. It is a steel tower on a rock-filled caisson, finished in the years around World War II (sources say 1939 or 1942). It replaced the older Charity Island light.

Both belong to a nonprofit, Lightkeepers Reservation Corp LLC, and the listing says they cannot be sold separately.

What should you check before you make an offer?

Before you make an offer, know that neither light has a house, so this is stewardship, not a place to sleep. The Coast Guard still runs both beacons and keeps an access easement to service them.

Michigan owns the Great Lakes bottomlands under a lighthouse, and a private buyer signs a Private Use Agreement with the state before using or occupying one. Ask for the current terms before you bid.

Who do you contact about Gravelly Shoal & Skillagalee?

The listing agent is Jennifer Kreta of Key Realty One-TC. Lighthouse Dream is not the broker. Confirm price, terms and access with the seller before you act.

Before you go further

Sources

Checked October 13, 2026. See something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.

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