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Pages in category "Lighthouses in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Point Knox Light: San Francisco — 1900 Unknown 1963 (Demolished) None Unknown Point Loma Light (old) San Diego 1855 E: Never 1891 Third-order Fresnel (Deactivated) 462 ft (141 m) Point Loma Light (new) San Diego
Fort Point Light is a decommissioned lighthouse built on the third tier of Fort Point, which is now directly beneath the south anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. The lighthouse is at the south end of the narrowest part of Golden Gate strait. It was preceded by two other lighthouses in nearby locations.
Lime Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, on the northern side of the narrowest part of Golden Gate strait. [1] [2] The lighthouse sits at the base of a steep cliff, very near the North anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is built on a 100-foot (30 m) long rock spur named Lime Point.
In 1769 Spain occupied the San Francisco area and by 1776 had established the area's first European settlement, with a mission and a presidio.To protect against encroachment by the British and Russians, Spain selected Punta del Cantil Blanco, a promontory with a high white cliff (cantil blanco) located at the narrowest part of the bay's entrance, [4] to construct a fortification.
This is a list of landmark coastal peninsulas of the U.S. state of California, ordered north to south.Unless otherwise noted, source is plate 144 from the Atlas of the War of the Rebellion, drawn 1867, and published 1895.
The lighthouse was automated in 1976. From Coast Guard web site in 1970, before the lighthouse was automated: Point Blunt Light was originally maintained by personnel at Angel Island Light Station at Point Knox until 1960. In 1960 a new watch room was constructed at Point Blunt which afforded a view of the entire San Francisco Bay.
Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, United States, two miles (3 km) north of Point Arena, California. It is approximately 130 mi (210 km) north of San Francisco, in the Fort Point Group of lighthouses. The lighthouse features a small museum and gift shop.