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Managing Organization:
Point Montara Light Station
Telephone: 650-728-7177
Website: http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=534
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 737
Montara
California, 94037, United States
Notes:
Point Montara Light has been leased by the U.S. Coast Guard to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. It is now used as a youth hostel. The station was originally just a fog signal station; a light was added in 1900.
Tower Height: 30
Height of Focal Plane: 70
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 5 seconds.
Description of Tower: Conical white steel tower with octagonal cast iorn lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1875 Victorian Gothic duplex wood frame keeper's house, 1902 wood frame fog signal building, storage building, tank house, 1960s dwelling.
Date Established: 1875
Date Present Tower Built: 1928
Date Automated: 1970
Optics: 1912: Fourth order Fresnel; now FA-251.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, youth hostel.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
25 miles south of San Francisco on California Highway 1 between Montara and Moss Beach; watch for hostel signs.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Nearby Lodging: For information on the hostel at Point Montara call 650-728-7177 or visit www.norcalhostels.org/montara/
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