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| Nearest Town or City: | Avila Beach California United States |
| Location: | San Luis Obispo Bay, western side of Point San Luis, three miles southwest of Avila Beach. |
| Managing Organization: | Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers |
| Website: | http://www.sanluislighthouse.org |
| Notes: | The lighthouse is on the Diablo Nuclear Power Plant reservation. The lighthouse was discontinued in 1975 and replaced by a nearby automatic light. The Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers are working to restore the buildings as an educational facility. The property is owned by the Port San Luis Harbor District. Phone: (805) 595-5400. |
| Tower Height: | 40 |
| Description Tower: | White wood frame square tower attached to keeper's house. |
| Operational: | No |
| Date Established: | 1890 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1890 |
| Current Use: | Under restoration. |
| Open To Public: | Guided tours only. |
| Other Buildings: | 1890 wood frame two-story Victorian keeper's house, 1890 wood frame fog signal building, oil house, two cisterns, privy, shop, two c. 1960 keeper's houses. |
| Optics: | 1890: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now on display at San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum, 696 Monterey, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406, phone (805) 543-0638. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 116 |
| National Register: | Yes |
| Alternate Name1: | Point Harford Light |
| Telephone: | 8055464904 |
| Email: | PSLLighthouse@cs.com |
| Contact Address: | P.O. Box 13556 |
| City: | San Luis Obispo |
| State: | California |
| Postal Code: | 93406 |
| Country: | United States |
| Signal: | Automatic horn. |
| Museum: | Sierra Club Kayak Tours offers tours to the lighthouse once a month. Call (805) 929-3647 for dates and times. There are also docent-led hikes to the station; call the San Luis Obispo Conservancy at (805) 541-8735 for details. There are half-day tours with a 3.5 mile hike, or all-day tours with a 7.4 mile hike. The lighthouse can be seen from whale watch cruises leaving Avalar. The Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers are restoring the buildings and there are plans to open the station as a museum when restoration is complete. |
| Date Deactivated: | 1975 |
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