Point Vicente Lighthouse
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Government building
- Description: lighthouse in California, United States
- Also known as: “Point Vicente Light”
- Address: 31550 Palos Verdes Drive West, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Point Vicente County Park and Wayfarers Chapel.
Wayfarers Chapel
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.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve, which 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 a 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
- Categories: lighthouse, building, and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.74189° or 33° 44′ 31″ northLongitude
-118.41074° or 118° 24′ 39″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Inception
1925Height
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
8553PHRQ+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 866888077OpenStreetMap feature
building=governmentOpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q7208183
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Point Vicente Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Point Vicente”
- French: “Phare de Point Vicente”
- Japanese: “ポイント・ヴィチェンテ・ライト”
- Spanish: “Faro Point Vicente”
- Spanish: “Point Vicente Light”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Point Vicente Lighthouse”. Photo: PKM, CC BY-SA 3.0.