Point Bonita Lighthouse
.JPG?width=1600)
Point Bonita Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Mendell, a historic site 0.5 miles away.
The story
Point Bonita Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Point Bonita at the San Francisco Bay entrance in the Marin Headlands. Point Bonita was the last staffed lighthouse on the California coast. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1855.
Wikidata Q2100738, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1877
- Elevation
- 015 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery Mendell: 0.5 mi
- Battery Alexander: 0.7 mi
- Battery Smith-Guthrie: 0.8 mi
- Battery O'Rourke: 0.9 mi
- Battery Rathbone/McIndoe: 1.0 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 4.0 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 1.2 mi
- El Cid Campeador: 2.6 mi
- Pax Jerusalemme: 2.7 mi
- The Thinker: 2.7 mi
- Diana: 2.8 mi
- Hill 88: 1.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 1.9 mi
- Slacker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Peak 1041: 2.8 mi
- Richardson East: 3.0 mi
- Sutro Baths: 2.6 mi
- Camera Obscura: 2.7 mi
- Golden Gate Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
- Dutch Windmill: 3.3 mi
- Sutro Heights Park: 2.8 mi
- Rochambeau Playground: 3.2 mi
- Cabrillo Playground: 3.4 mi
- Richmond Playground: 3.5 mi
- Southview Park: 3.5 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 3.3 mi
- Compton Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 4.0 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 4.0 mi
- George and Judy Marcus Garden of Enchantment: 4.5 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 3.5 mi
- Aramburu Island: 5.3 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Rodeo Beach: 1.1 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 1.3 mi
- Tennessee Beach: 2.1 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 2.3 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 5.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 8.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 9.1 mi
- Old Spring: 2.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 4.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 4.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 4.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 6.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Vent 5: 6.4 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.8 mi
- Rock Fort: 12.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 14.5 mi
- Winehaven: 11.2 mi
- Lynn: 16.2 mi
- Eckley: 24.3 mi
- Russell City: 24.4 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 0.7 mi
- Temple: 18.8 mi
- Keyhole: 19.3 mi
- Quarters A: 9.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Point Bonita Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NNW 341° | 784 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | NNW 334° | 778 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | NNW 337° | 744 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ballou Point | NW 322° | 612 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 333° | 527 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NW 321° | 478 m | 7.7 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 320° | 465 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 325° | 413 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Point Bonita, Bonita Cove, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91001099OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/423023928
Take the scenic way to Point Bonita Lighthouse.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.