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Managing Organization:
Point Sur State Historic Park
Telephone: 831-667-2315
Website: http://www.lighthouse-pointsur-ca.org/
Notes:
The Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers, a nonprofit organization, is working to restore the light station.
Tower Height: 48
Height of Focal Plane: 273
Description of Tower: White square sandstone tower attached to keeper's quarters, Richardson Romanesque style
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1902 two story sandstone keeper's house, 1889 sandstone fog signal building, blacksmith/carpenter shop, pump house, barracks, barn, cistern, oil house, garage, assistant keeper's house (1889), marine railways (1889, 1911).
Date Established: 1889
Date Present Tower Built: 1889
Date Automated: 1972
Optics: 1889: First order Fresnel lens (now on display at the Allen Knight Maritime Museum in Monterey, in the Monterey State Historic Park near Fisherman's Wharf). 1975: DCB-224.
Fog Signal: Steam whistle (removed 1971).
Current Use: Active aid to navigation in state park.
Open To Public? yes
Museum?
Volunteer-led three-hour walking tours are available. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children 13-18, $2 for children 5-12. The tour includes a rise in elevation of 360 feet and two stairways of 40-50 steps each. Tours are year round, Saturday 10 am and 2 pm, Sunday at 10 am (no tour on April 30). In summer (April-October) there are also tours on Wednesdays at 10 am and 2 pm, and in July and August there are also tours on Thursdays at 10 am. There are also occasional evening tours; call (831) 625-4419 for information. The park is not handicapped accessible, but for information on special needs tours call (831) 667-0528. Tours may be cancelled due to extreme weather; even in summer be sure to be prepared for cold and windy conditions.
Directions:
Tours start from the west side of Highway 1 at the farm gate, 19 miles south of Rio Road in Carmel, 1/4 mile north of the Point Sur Naval facility.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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