Point Arena Lighthouse
Point Arena Lighthouse is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Grizzly Peak stands 894 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fog Signal Building, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Lighthouse in California, United States.
Dates from 1870.
Wikidata Q7207938, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- This site and natural landmark has been a welcome guide to safe navigation for ships along the rugged Mendocino coast since 1870, destroyed by 1906 earthquake, two years later stately tower was erected.
How to reach it
86 named places within 25 miles
- Bald Hill: 6.4 mi
- Eureka Hill: 10.9 mi
- Cold Spring Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 14.1 mi
- Buck Peak: 14.8 mi
- Stoneboro Beach: 2.6 mi
- Bowling Ball Beach: 7.3 mi
- Schooner Gulch State Beach: 7.5 mi
- Fish Rock Beach: 13.5 mi
- Cooks Beach: 14.9 mi
- Bower Park: 15.7 mi
- Indian Creek County Park: 17.9 mi
- Faulkner County Park: 18.4 mi
- Children's Environmental Play Park: 18.4 mi
- One-Eyed Jacks: 20.8 mi
- Arena Rock Marine Natural Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Greenwood State Beach: 12.0 mi
- Navarro River Redwoods State Park: 15.8 mi
- Hendy Woods State Park: 16.5 mi
- Gualala Point Regional Park: 17.7 mi
- Point Arena Arch: 1.2 mi
- Hitch'n Post: 2.3 mi
- Devils Pitchfork: 12.2 mi
- Wharf Rock East Arch: 12.2 mi
- Wharf Rock West Arch: 12.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 0.0 mi
- Greenwood Visitor Center Museum: 12.2 mi
- Anderson Valley History Museum: 19.7 mi
- Little River Improvement Club & Museum: 22.4 mi
- Ford House Visitors Center: 24.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.7 mi
- Three Springs: 12.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 14.2 mi
- Laurel Spring: 23.5 mi
- Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama: 3.2 mi
- Hermit Hut: 16.4 mi
- The Bane Bill: 20.0 mi
- B Bryan Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Newgard Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Huckleberry Hollow: 17.5 mi
- Playing With Auntie (Totem 7 of 8): 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Arena Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly Peak | E 87° | 894 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cold Spring Mountain | ENE 68° | 815 m | 12.6 mi |
| Buck Peak | E 90° | 810 m | 14.8 mi |
| Gube Mountain | ESE 108° | 765 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hawk Butte | E 91° | 760 m | 24.3 mi |
| Snook Mountain | ESE 109° | 743 m | 23.7 mi |
| Cow Mountain | ENE 65° | 737 m | 22.8 mi |
| Eureka Hill | ESE 107° | 662 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8930551721
Day trips start here
- Mendocino County · 19 mi
- Boonville · 20 mi
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