# Kevich Light

- **Country:** United States
- **Region:** Wisconsin
- **Location Text:** Grafton
- **Year Automated:** Always
- **Year First Lit:** 1981
- **Year Deactivated:** Active
- **Summary Written At:** 2026-10-19 02:17:12

The Kevich Light is a privately owned lighthouse in the town of Grafton, Wisconsin, about twenty minutes north of Milwaukee. It sits on a bluff that marks the former site of the unincorporated community of Ulao. From the lake level the light is 120 ft up, making it the second highest light on Lake Michigan.

The tower rises 40 ft from the top of the bluff. Its beacon uses a combination of 1,000‑watt and 400‑watt bulbs behind a rotating shield that creates a pattern of four seconds of illumination followed by four seconds of darkness. The light is listed with a nominal range of 20 mi. It is identified on U.S. Coast Guard navigation charts as private aid light number 20765.

Constructed and first illuminated in 1981, the light was built by a private individual with a general interest in lighthouses. It has been automated from its inception. In 1990 the U.S. Coast Guard formally recorded it as a Class II Private Aid Light.

The Kevich Light remains an active aid to navigation and continues to be maintained privately. Its status as a private aid means it is not a government‑operated facility, and it is still listed on official navigation charts.

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevich_Light (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)