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Managing Organization:
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Telephone: 831-648-3116
Website: http://www.pgmuseum.org
Email:
Contact Address Information:
165 Forest Ave.
Pacific Grove
California, 93950, United States
Notes:
Point Pinos Light is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in California. Leased by the U.S. Coast Guard to the City of Pacific Grove and thye Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
Tower Height: 43
Height of Focal Plane: 89
Description of Tower: Conical white brick tower with black cast iron lantern on roof of keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1855 stone Cape Cod style keeper's quarters; oil house, cistern.
Date Established: 1855
Date Present Tower Built: 1855
Date Automated: 1975
Optics: 1855: Third order Fresnel lens (still in operation).
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, Coast Guard housing.
Open To Public? yes
Museum?
The lighthouse is open to the public Thursday through Sunday, 1-4 pm. Admission is free. Call (831) 648-3116, ext. 13 for more information.
Directions:
The lighthouse is off CA 68 at the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, at the end of Lighthouse Avenue. Access is from Asilomar Avenue, just north of the intersection with Lighthouse Avenue. Parking is available at the entrance.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Charles Layton (1855-56); Charlotte Layton (1856-1860); Allen Luce (c. 1879); Emily Fish (1893-1914).
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