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.

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Type: Government building
Description: lighthouse in California, United States
Also known as: “Faro Point Vicente” and “Point Vicente Light”
Address: 31550 Palos Verdes Drive West, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Point Vicente County Park and Wayfarers Chapel.

Point Vicente County Park

Park

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

Wayfarers Chapel

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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 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

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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
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Latitude

33.74189° or 33° 44′ 31″ north

Longitude

-118.41074° or 118° 24′ 39″ west

Elevation

121 feet (37 metres)

Established

1925

Height

66 feet (20 metres)

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

8553PHRQ+QP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 866888077

OpenStreetMap feature

building=government

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

Wikidata ID

Q7208183

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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: “Point Vicente Light”

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