San Luis Obispo Light Station
The Point San Luis Lighthouse, also known as the San Luis Obispo Light Station, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Located near Avila Beach and Port San Luis on the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County, it is the only Prairie Victorian model lighthouse left on the West Coast of the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: former lighthouse in California, United States
- Also known as: “Point San Luis Light”, “Point San Luis Lighthouse”, “Port Harford Light”, “Port San Luis Lighthouse”, “San Luis Obispo Light”, and “San Luis Obispo Lighthouse”
- Address: Avila Beach
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avila Beach.
Avila Beach
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avila Beach is a town in San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast region of California. Port San Luis is a working fishing port two miles west of downtown Avila Beach.
San Luis Obispo Light Station
- Categories: historic district, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Luis Obispo County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.16035° or 35° 9′ 37″ northLongitude
-120.76082° or 120° 45′ 39″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
847X566Q+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 589004457OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
5392339Wikidata ID
Q7208163
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“San Luis Obispo Light Station” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Point San Luis”
- French: “Phare de Point San Luis”
- Japanese: “ポート・サンルイス灯台”
Localities in the Area
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