Pigeon Point Light Station
Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Deirdresm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in California, United States
- Also known as: “Pigeon Point Light” and “Pigeon Point Lighthouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pescadero.
Pescadero
Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, Public domain.
Pescadero is a peaceful, coastal town of 600 people on the Peninsula, approximately 45 miles south of San Francisco.
Pigeon Point Light Station
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.18174° or 37° 10′ 54″ northLongitude
-122.39389° or 122° 23′ 38″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
849V5JJ4+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 316739839OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Pigeon Point Light Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “鸽点灯塔”
- French: “phare de Pigeon Point”
- French: “Phare de Pigeon Point”
- German: “Pigeon Point Lighthouse”
- Hebrew: “מגדלור פיג’ן פוינט”
- Hebrew: “פיג’ן פוינט”
- Japanese: “ピジョンポイント灯台”
- Korean: “피전 포인트 등대”
Localities in the Area
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