Port Austin Reef Light

The 2024 season of our massive, three decades long restoration and renovation project on Port Austin’s “Castle in the Lake” is complete. ICC arrived in June and worked through September, completing the majority of our interior restoration.

We want to extend a special THANK YOU to our local partners Zimmerman & Sons Electric, Shetler Plumbing & Heating and Down Home Welding, LLC whose creativity, skill and dedication brought electricity and water to the lighthouse, and repaired our two cranes to working order.

Our fundraising is proceeding well, but a $58,000 still needs to be raised to complete our Shine the Light Campaign. We welcome you to be a part of the completed project, and find a piece of the “castle” to sponsor!

Watch our social media pages for updates on our plans for 2025.

Questions? Send Jody an email at info@portaustinreeflight.org.

We still have funds to raise in our Keep the Light Shining matching gift campaign so we are extending the deadline to October 31, 2024.

A close friend of the lighthouse has partnered with us to reach the finish line, and with YOUR support, complete our restoration project.

They have committed that every single dollar donated to the Shine the Light Campaign between now and October 31st will be matched dollar to dollar!

To date, the Port Austin Reef Light Association has raised and reinvested more than $1.1 million dollars into the final phase of restoration. But we still need to raise $58,000 in order to complete the restoration work.

Can you help Keep the Light Shining? We still have sponsorships available at many dollar levels. Every gift of $100 and above will be recognized inside the lighthouse. For generations to come, you and your family can come and see your unique contribution to the lighthouse.

Please make a gift today and see those dollars DOUBLED- making us one step closer to completion.

To learn more about how you can help to Keep the Light Shining, click on the Learn More button below.