Photo courtesy
The Pat Hathaway Collection |
Built in the 1850s and shining its beacon since February 1, 1855,
this is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West
Coast. It marks the entrance to Monterey Bay and sits on the
northernmost tip of the Peninsula. Although now powered by electricity,
the building, lenses and prisms are all original. During the
late 1800s, two of its lightkeepers were women. |
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Elizabeth Wayne remembers its foghorn (To
a God Unknown, Chapter 21), William--the tragic watchman
of the Bear Flag--laments here (Cannery Row, Chapter
III), Suzy walks here (Sweet Thursday, Chapter 21)
and Doc leaves his work in a mood of discontent and walks here,
watching the light strike the ocean (Sweet Thursday,
Chapter 3). |
The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural
History maintains webpages with many
images of the Point Pinos Lighthouse.
The Point Pinos Lighthouse is surrounded by the Pacific
Grove Municipal Golf Links, also know as "the poor
man's Pebble Beach." |
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See Don Bain's 360-degree
full-screen panorama of the back (ocean side) of the
Point Pinos Lighthouse and the grounds, including part of the
back 9 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links.
See Don Bain's 360-degree full-screen
panorama of the inside second floor of the Point Pinos
Lighthouse. |
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Point Pinos Lighthouse from the
back, c. 1935. |
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After you back out of your parking space, continue right on
Asilomar Avenue to Ocean View Blvd. Turn left; Ocean View turns
into Sunset Drive. Drive just south of Point Pinos, at the foot
of the lighthouse and park your car on the ocean side of the
street.
You are now at . . .
THE GREAT
TIDEPOOL |