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Battery Point, Crescent City |  | Often called The Christmas Light, this is the northenmost active lighthouse in California. It is connected to the mainland by a thin strip of land that is completely submerged at high tide. |
Pigeon Point, Pescadero |  | This lighthouse, the second-tallest in the US, takes its name from the Carrier Pigeon clipper, which was wrecked on the rocks here in 1853. Up until 1870, Pigeon Point's nine-foot first-order Fresnel lens was used at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It was shipped to Pigeon Point in 1871. The lens is lit once a year, in November. (Click here to see a QuickTime movie of the 2004 lighting.) |
Point Arena, |  | Located about an hour south of Mendocino, the Point Arena Lighthouse rivals Pigeon Point lighthouse as tallest seacoast tower in California. |
Point Bonita, Sausalito |  | The paved trail leading to the lighthouse was washed away in 1939. The trail was replaced with a white suspension bridge, which was modeled after the Golden Gate. Point Bonita's second-order Fresnel lens is the largest on the San Francisco Bay. Their full-moon tours are not to be missed! |
Point Cabrillo, Mendocino |  | Built after the 1906 earthquake, the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse received an extensive renovation in 1999. Its rotating third-order Fresnel lens shines 24 hours a day. |
Point Loma, San Diego |  | Lit in 1855, its beacon was often concealed in thick fog and low clouds. It was replaced 36 years later by a second light, built closer to sea level. |
Point Montara, Montara |  | Built in 1928, Point Montara, is just up the road from Pigeon Point. It has a revolving 4th-order Fresnel lens in the tower. |
Point Piños, Pacific Grove |  | First lit in 1855, this is the West Coast's oldest standing lighthouse. Point Piños, The Battery Point light and the Point Loma light all share the same basic, twin-chimney building design. |
Point Reyes |  | Visitors must climb down 304 steps to reach the light. It's rotating first-order Fresnel lens weighs more than two tons. There are special evening tours twice a month, when you can see the light up-close. |
Point Sur |  | Perched at the edge of a 250-foot volcanic rock, visitors must leave their cars at the base and walk a winding road to the top. |
Santa Cruz |  | The Santa Cruz lighthouse (also known as the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse) is home to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. On a clear day, you can look out and see the Walton lighthouse in the distance. |
Walton, |  | Also called the Santa Cruz Harbor Light, it was built in 2002, and has a distinctive green light. The Coast Guard originally planed a simple light mounted on a pole for the harbor entrance, but lighthouse fans solicited donations to erect this 45-foot tower. |
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Last modified: March 30, 2005 |
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