Point Vicente Lighthouse

Point Vicente Lighthouse is a memorial in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Point Vicente Lighthouse is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint The Major Vista Point, as well as near the military installation U.S. Coast Guard Reservation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Point Vicente Lighthouse and Point Vicente County Park.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Government building

Photo: PKM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point Vicente Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States, north of Los Angeles Harbor, which was built in 1926. It is 67 feet tall and stands on a cliff with a height of 130 feet. Point Vicente Lighthouse is situated 380 feet southwest of Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Point Vicente County Park

Park

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

Wayfarers Chapel

Photo: Gyrofrog, CC SA 1.0.

Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church", is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Wayfarers Chapel is situated 2 miles east of Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rancho Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Estates.

Rancho Palos Verdes

Town

Photo: Cardinalngold, Public domain.

Rancho Palos Verdes is an affluent coastal city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated on September 7, 1973, the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States census. Rancho Palos Verdes is situated 2½ miles east of Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Palos Verdes Estates

Suburb

Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Palos Verdes Estates is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and neighboring Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates. Palos Verdes Estates is situated 3 miles north of Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Rolling Hills

Suburb

Photo: Mary DeNeale Morgan, Public domain.

Rolling Hills is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rolling Hills is a gated community with private roads with three entry gates. Rolling Hills is situated 4 miles northeast of Point Vicente Lighthouse.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “The site was explored by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo on Oct. 9, 1542, and named Pointe Vicente Bante Maria by Captain George Vancouver in 1793. Placed in service by the U.S. Lighthouse Service on May 1, 1926....”
Category: historic site
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.74269° or 33° 44′ 34″ north

Longitude

-118.40995° or 118° 24′ 36″ west

Open location code

8553PHVR+32

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9008024002

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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