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Cabrillo National Monument
Point Loma, San Diego
Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Flashing white 10s, Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest lighthouse (tied with Point Arena Light) on the West Coast of the United States.
Sunset Cliffs, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°43′47.02″N 117°15′09.21″W. A swimming beach at the base of the Sunset Cliffs. Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, as seen from Sunset Cliffs. Sunset Cliffs is an affluent coastal community in the Point Loma community of San Diego, California. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Ocean ...
Shelter Island, San Diego
These beaches stretch from the mouth of San Diego Bay to the border with Tijuana, Mexico in the south. Coronado: [14] Coronado Central Beach. North Beach. Glorietta Bay. Silver Strand State Beach. Ferry Landing Marketplace. Imperial Beach: [15] Imperial Beach, the pier.
It was first lighted on March 23, 1891, replacing the Old Point Loma Lighthouse which is atop the 400 feet (120 m) cliffs of Point Loma; the old lighthouse was often obscured by fog. The new light is only 88 feet (27 m) above the water. The first lighthouse keeper was Robert Decatur Israel, who had been keeper at the old lighthouse for 18 years.
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 in the Cabrillo National Monument. It is no longer in operation as a lighthouse but is open to the public as a museum.