Point Sur Lighthouse

E17952
historic site light station lighthouse

Point Sur Lighthouse is a historic 19th-century light station perched on a volcanic rock along California’s Big Sur coast, guiding ships along the rugged Pacific shoreline.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Point Sur Lighthouse canonical 2
Point Sur Lightstation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
light station ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ
access guided tours only ⓘ
automated 1974 ⓘ
bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
centuryBuilt 19th century ⓘ
cityNearest Big Sur region of California ⓘ
surface form: Big Sur, California

Monterey ⓘ
surface form: Monterey, California
coast Big Sur region of California ⓘ
surface form: Big Sur coast
constructionStart 1887 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focalHeight about 270 feet ⓘ
height about 40 feet ⓘ
laterManagingOrganization United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Lighthouse Service ⓘ
lightCharacteristic flashing white light ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Big Sur region of California ⓘ
surface form: Big Sur

California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Monterey County, California ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific coast ⓘ
Point Sur ⓘ
a volcanic rock ⓘ
managingOrganization California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableFor dramatic location on an offshore volcanic rock ⓘ
one of the most prominent lighthouses on the Big Sur coast ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1975 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 75000432 ⓘ
NRHPStatus listed ⓘ
operator United States Coast Guard ⓘ
originalLens first-order Fresnel lens ⓘ
originalManagingOrganization United States Lighthouse Board ⓘ
owner California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
partOf Point Sur State Historic Park ⓘ
purpose to guide ships along the Pacific shoreline ⓘ
to warn ships of the rocky Big Sur coast ⓘ
region Central Coast of California ⓘ
roadAccess Pacific Coast Highway ⓘ
surface form: California State Route 1
status active aid to navigation ⓘ
tourism popular historic attraction ⓘ
towerShape conical tower ⓘ
yearCompleted 1889 ⓘ
yearLit 1889 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Sur region of California → hasLandmark → Point Sur Lighthouse ⓘ
Point Sur State Historic Park → hasFeature → Point Sur Lighthouse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Point Sur Lightstation
Point Sur → hasNearbyFeature → Point Sur Lighthouse ⓘ