East Brother Lighthouse
East Brother Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on East Brother Island in San Rafael Bay, near the tip of Point San Pablo in Richmond, California.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in California, United States
- Also known as: “East Brother Island Light” and “East Brother Island Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Brothers Island Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Sisters and Point Molate Beach Park.
The Sisters
Island
The Sisters are two small rock islands in San Pablo Bay, located 500 meters northeast of Point San Pedro in Marin County, California. The Sisters were shown in an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold. The Sisters is situated 2 miles north of East Brother Lighthouse.
Point Molate Beach Park
Park
Point Molate Beach Park is a city-owned park in Richmond, California, accessible only via a narrow road from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza exit "Western Drive", and separate from the rest of the city. Point Molate Beach Park is situated 2 miles southeast of East Brother Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winehaven and McNears Beach.
Winehaven
Locality
McNears Beach
Hamlet
McNears Beach was the site of a fashionable beach resort established in the 1880s on San Pablo Bay in Marin County, California. It was located 0.5 miles north-northwest of Point San Pedro, and 3.4 miles northeast of San Rafael. McNears Beach is situated 2½ miles northwest of East Brother Lighthouse.
North Richmond
Village
North Richmond is an unincorporated area in Contra Costa County, California, United States, a census-designated place with a population of 4,175 as of the 2020 census, adjacent to and nearly surrounded by the city of Richmond. North Richmond is situated 3½ miles east of East Brother Lighthouse.
East Brother Lighthouse
- Categories: Integral Lighthouse, wooden lighthouse, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.96316° or 37° 57′ 47″ north
Longitude
-122.43357° or 122° 26′ 1″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
849VXH78+7H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“East Brother Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’East Brother Island”
- French: “Phare d’East Brother Island”
- German: “East Brother Island Light”
- German: “East Brother Light Station”
- Persian: “فانوس دریایی جزیره برادر شرقی”
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