There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of California, including a few listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lighthouse Friends (California)

NameImage Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Alcatraz Island Light San Francisco(Alcatraz Island) 1854 (First) 1909 (Current) 1963 Active DCB-24 214 Anacapa Island Light Anacapa Island 1912 (First) 1932 (Current) 1967 Active DCB-24 277 Ano Nuevo Light Año Nuevo Island (Island coordinates) 1890 (First) 1914 (Last) Never 1948(Cut down in 1976) None Ballast Point Light San Diego(Point Loma) 1890 Never 1960(Demolished) None Battery Point Light Crescent City 1856 1953 Active(Inactive: 1965–1982) 375mm 077 Cape Mendocino Light Shelter Cove 1868 1951 1971(Replaced) None 422 Carquinez Strait Light Vallejo 1910 Never 1951(Replaced by beacon) None 056 East Brother Island Light Richmond 1874 1969 Active FA 251 061 Farallon Island Light San Francisco(Farallon Islands) 1856 1972 Active VRB-25 358 Fort Point Light San Francisco 1855 (First) 1864 (Current) Never 1934(Replaced by bridge) None 110 Humboldt Harbor Light Eureka(Humboldt Bay) 1856 Never 1892(Collapsed in 1933) None 045 Lime Point Light San Francisco 1900 1961 Active None 020 Lions Lighthouse for Sight Long Beach 2000 065.62 Long Beach Light Long Beach(Port of Long Beach) 1949 Always Active 050 Los Angeles Harbor Light Los Angeles(Port of Los Angeles) 1913 1973 Active DCB-24 073 Mare Island Light Vallejo(Mare Island) 1873 Never 1917(Demolished in the 1930s) None 076 Mile Rocks Light San Francisco 1906 1966 Active DCB-24 049 Oakland Harbor Light Oakland 1890 (First) 1903 (Last) Never 1966 None Parkers' Lighthouse Long Beach Piedras Blancas Light San Simeon 1875 1975 Active VRB-25 142 Pigeon Point Light Half Moon Bay 1872 1974 Active DCB-24 148 Point Arena Light Point Arena 1870 (First) 1908 (Current) 1977 Active DCB-224 155 Point Arguello Light Lompoc(Point Arguello) 1901 (First) 1934 (Last) 1934 1967 None 124 Point Blunt Light San Francisco(Angel Island) 1915 (First) 1956 (Current) 1976 Active 060 Point Bonita Light San Francisco(Point Bonita) 1855 (First) 1877 (Current) 1980 Active Second-order Fresnel 124 Point Cabrillo Light Caspar 1909 1973 Active Third-order Fresnel 081 Point Conception Light Lompoc(Point Conception) 1856 (First) 1882 (Current) 1973 Active VRB-25 133 Point Diablo Light San Francisco(Golden Gate) 1923 Always Active Point Fermin Light Los Angeles(San Pedro) 1874 Never 1942 None 120 Point Hueneme Light Port Hueneme 1874 (First) 1941 (Current) 1972 Active LED 052 Point Knox Light San Francisco 1900 1963(Demolished) None Point Loma Light (old) San Diego(Point Loma) 1855 Never 1891 Third-order Fresnel (Deactivated) 462 Point Loma Light (new) San Diego(Point Loma) 1891 1973 Active VLB-44 088 Point Montara Light Montara 1900 (First) 1928 (Current) 1970 Active FA 251 070 Point Pinos Light Pacific Grove 1855 1975 Active Third-order Fresnel 089 Point Reyes Light Point Reyes Station(Point Reyes) 1870 1975 Active First-order Fresnel 265 Point San Luis Light Avila Beach 1890 1974 1975 None 116 Point Sur Light Carmel-by-the-Sea 1889 1972 Active DCB-224 270 Point Vicente Light Rancho Palos Verdes 1926 1973 Active Third-order Fresnel 155 Punta Gorda Light Petrolia 1912 Never 1951 None Roe Island Light Roe Island 1891 Never 1945(Later destroyed) None 041 Rubicon Point Light South Lake Tahoe 1919 Never 1921 None 200 Santa Barbara Light Santa Barbara 1856 (First) 1928 (Current) 1928 Active 142 Santa Cruz Light Santa Cruz 1870 (First) 1967 (Current) 1941 Active? 060 Santa Cruz Breakwater Light Santa Cruz(Santa Cruz harbor) 1964 (First) 2002 (Current) Always Active 060 Southampton Shoal Light San Francisco Bay 1905 Never 1960(Moved to yacht club) None St. George Reef Light Crescent City 1892 Never Active(Inactive: 1975–2012) 146 Sugar Pine Point Light Tahoma 1921 Never 1985 None Table Bluff Light Table Bluff 1892 1953 1971 None Trinidad Head Light Trinidad 1871 1974 Active 375mm 196 Yerba Buena Light San FranciscoYerba Buena Island 1875 1958 Active 095

Notable Faux Lighthouse

Name Image Location Year built Status Lens used Height Passamaquoddy Lighthouse(Used in the 1977 movie Pete's Dragon) Los Osos 1976 torn down after filming Fresnel Lens(Replica) 052

Notes A. Ballast Point Light was moved in 1960 to the bell tower which had served as a fog signal building as the 1890 tower had been declared unsafe. The light shone from the top of the bell tower until 1961 when it was replaced by an offshore light. B. The tower was abandoned in 1971 when the beacon was moved to a nearby modern pole. This light was discontinued in 2013 fifteen years after the old tower was moved to a new spot and restored. C. Parts of the old structure now have separate owners, today an automated beacon is in active service. D. Light moved to a pole. E. Old Point Loma Light was built a few months after the lighthouse at Point Pinos making it the second oldest in the state still standing.

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