Point Cabrillo Light Station
Point Cabrillo Light is a lighthouse in northern California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just south of the community of Caspar.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Gsingletary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: lighthouse in northern California, United States
- Also known as: “Point Cabrillo Light” and “Point Cabrillo Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge.
Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge
Bridge
Photo: David Eppstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge, more commonly known as the Russian Gulch Bridge, is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel deck arch bridge on California State Highway 1, spanning Russian Gulch Creek in Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino County, California, United States. Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Point Cabrillo Light Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pine Grove and Caspar.
Pine Grove
Locality
Pine Grove is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located 3 miles north-northwest of Mendocino, at an elevation of 167 feet. On the ocean just west of the community is the Point Cabrillo Light station.
Caspar
Village
Photo: Jef Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0.
Caspar is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, 4 miles north of Mendocino, at an elevation of 82 feet.
Mendocino
A favorite weekend getaway for Northern California Bay Area residents, the village of Mendocino is older than both the county and state to which it belongs, having lent its name to the former and further still to the combined coastal watersheds that occupy the nearly 200 miles between the mouths of the Eel and Russian Rivers, known far and wide as the Mendocino Coast.
Point Cabrillo Light Station
- Categories: Integral Lighthouse, wooden lighthouse, lighthouse, building, tourism, shop, gift shop, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mendocino County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34858° or 39° 20′ 55″ northLongitude
-123.82616° or 123° 49′ 34″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
84FR85XF+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 134243077OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
shop=giftOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5383943Wikidata ID
Q5321418
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Point Cabrillo Light Station” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Point Cabrillo”
- French: “Phare de Point Cabrillo”
- German: “Point Cabrillo Light Station”
- German: “Point Cabrillo Light”
- German: “Point Cabrillo Lighthouse”
- Persian: “فانوس پوینت کابریلو”
- Polish: “latarnia morska Point Cabrillo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Surfwood Estates and Heeser Addition.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Second Assistant Lightkeeper’s House and West Cottage.
Mendocino County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Fort Bragg, Ukiah, Willits, and Point Arena.
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