a conjoined mounting spike of a desired height once the mounting spike 14 is in the ground an assembly of the battery cover 6 battery housing 4 intermediate body portion 8 lens assembly 10 and cap 12 is positioned onto the mounting spike 14 by sliding the cylindrical recess formed by cylindrical wall 66 over the upper end of mounting spike 14 once fully assembled the outdoor light 2 can be switched on by pushing downwardly in the direction of arrow 200 against the cap 12 which will force the light housing 10 and intermediate body portion 8 to move relative to the battery housing 4 against the bias of spring 24 thereby pushing the switch 82 against the surface 48 atop of the column 46 this downward action will close the circuit if it is open thus illuminating the led 30 and the lens assembly 110 to switch off the outdoor light 2 the cap 12 is pushed in the direction of arrow 200 to open the circuit in another embodiment the outdoor light 2 can include circuitry to switch off the led 30 as the level of ambient light increases such a light sensitive embodiment will include at least one light detector such as a light dependent resistor ldr photodiode phototransistor.