Point Vicente Lighthouse
Point Vicente Lighthouse is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Black Jack Mountain stands 596 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Vicente Interpretive Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
lighthouse in California, United States
Dates from 1926.
Wikidata Q7208183, matched on coordinates and name (106 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- The site was explored by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo on Oct. 9, 1542, and named Pointe Vicente Bante Maria by Captain George Vancouver in 1793. Placed in service by the U.S. Lighthouse Service on May 1, 1926....
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Vicente Interpretive Center: 0.2 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 5.2 mi
- Western Museum of Flight: 5.6 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 6.5 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 6.9 mi
- Point Vicente Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Pelican Cove Park: 0.3 mi
- Point Vicente Park and Civic Center: 0.3 mi
- Vanderlip Park: 1.0 mi
- Los Verdes Park: 1.1 mi
- Pacific Gray Whale: 0.2 mi
- Balancing Knowledge: 2.9 mi
- Soller I: 4.5 mi
- Teha: 4.6 mi
- Four Lines Oblique Gyratory- Square: 4.7 mi
- Battery Barnes 240: 0.2 mi
- Point Vicente Park: 0.3 mi
- Portuguese Bend Whaling Station: 3.2 mi
- Marilyn Ryan: 3.6 mi
- Chowinga Indian Village: 4.2 mi
- Vicente Bluffs Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Three Sisters Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Agua Amarga Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Abalone Cove Reserve: 2.0 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 1.8 mi
- The Graben: 3.1 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 4.0 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 7.6 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 7.9 mi
- Pollination Garden: 4.5 mi
- Desert Garden: 4.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.6 mi
- Garden of the Senses: 4.6 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 4.7 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 2.5 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 4.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 14.7 mi
- Landing Hill: 18.1 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 19.1 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 5.1 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 6.1 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 7.6 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 11.6 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 14.0 mi
- Day Camp: 6.3 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Common Grounds: 16.2 mi
- Mother's Beach: 16.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 21.1 mi
- Torqua Spring: 24.9 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 4.8 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 23.1 mi
- Temescal Falls: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Vicente Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Mountain | S 179° | 596 m | 24.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSW 205° | 550 m | 21.6 mi |
| Goat Peak (High Point) | NNW 343° | 527 m | 23.9 mi |
| Fletcher | S 177° | 454 m | 23.5 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | E 87° | 449 m | 4.2 mi |
| Slide 2 | SSW 206° | 419 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SSW 197° | 407.2 m | 22.2 mi |
| Ridgecrest Hill | NE 52° | 402 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:12 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9008024002
Day trips start here
- Gardena · 12 mi
- Hawthorne · 12 mi
- Compton · 15 mi
- Inglewood · 15 mi
- Long Beach · 15 mi
- Westchester · 15 mi
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