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Cabrillo National Monument (Spanish: Monumento nacional Cabrillo) is a U.S. national monument at the southern tip of the Point Loma peninsula in San Diego, California.It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542.
Point Cabrillo Light in May 1972, likely taken from Lighthouse Road within Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park. The Point Cabrillo Lighthouse complex is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Mendocino, California, and includes the lighthouse itself together with several outbuildings.
The original Point Loma Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on the Point Loma peninsula at the mouth of San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. It is situated within Cabrillo National Monument. It is no longer in operation as a lighthouse but is open to the public as a museum.
1857 map showing Point Loma in relation to San Diego Bay. More than 200 years were to pass before a permanent European settlement was established in San Diego in 1769. Mission San Diego itself was in the San Diego River valley, but its port was a bayside beach in Point Loma called La Playa (Spanish for beach).
A beach on Point Cabrillo. Point Cabrillo is a sandstone headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mendocino County, California, [1] between the towns of Mendocino, California and Fort Bragg, California. It is the location of the Point Cabrillo Light. Geography-wise, it lies between Point Arena headland/peninsula to the south, and Cape Mendocino ...
The Cabrillo Formation is a Maastrichtian stage geologic formation in coastal San Diego County, southern California.It is part of the Rosario Group. [2] The Maastrichtian stage is of the Late Cretaceous Epoch, during the Mesozoic Era.
A museum in the park focuses on Cabrillo and his voyages of discovery. Every September Cabrillo Festival Inc. hosts the Cabrillo Festival, an annual three-day celebration of his discovery of San Diego Bay, including a re-enactment of his landing at Ballast Point. [46] [47] Another Cabrillo Monument is located on San Miguel Island. [48]
10 miles (16 km) from San Diego off U.S. 10, near S tip of Point Loma 32°40′18″N 117°14′26″W / 32.671667°N 117.240556°W / 32.671667; -117.240556 ( Cabrillo National San Diego