Lighthouses in California
The towers at the edge of the road. Many carry a build date and a place on the National Register, and where they do it is on the page.
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22 lighthouses are published in California. The list below holds the 18 best-documented.
- Piedras Blancas Light Station
- Point Sur Lighthouse
- Point Pinos LighthouseNational Register
- Crescent City LighthouseBuilt 1856 · National Register
- Point Arena LighthouseBuilt 1870 · 35 m · National Register
- Cape Mendocino Light
- Desert Lighthouse
- Point Bonita LighthouseBuilt 1877 · National Register
- Point Fermin LighthouseBuilt 1874 · 14.4 m · National Register
- Yerba Buena Island LighthouseBuilt 1873 · 5 m · National Register
- Point Reyes LighthouseBuilt 1870 · 10.7 m · National Register
- Paint StorageBuilt 1900 · National Register
- Power HouseBuilt 1928 · National Register
- Quarters ABuilt 1873 · 5 m · National Register
- Transformer BuildingBuilt 1934 · National Register
- Oil HouseBuilt 1907 · National Register
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor CenterBuilt 1900 · National Register
- Point Reyes Light StationBuilt 1870 · National Register