Point Cabrillo Light Station

Point Cabrillo Light Station ✨Our Mendocino Lighthouse, est. 1909
Museums+Gift Shop: open every day 10am - 5pm
Park: open sunrise - sunset Coast Guard.
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The Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park includes the historic 1909 Light Station (30.5 acres), and approximately 270 acres of undeveloped coastal bluffs and prairie. The gem of Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is the historic Fresnel lens that is still an Active Aid to Navigation, owned and operated by the U.S. The property was purchased and preserved from development in 1992 by the Californ

ia State Coastal Conservancy and managed by a nonprofit affiliate, the North Coast Interpretive Association. In 2002, the property transferred to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Management of the Preserve's programs and restoration activities was assumed by a newly formed non-profit organization: The Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association (PCLK). The California Department of Parks and Recreation provided the Coastal Conservancy with four million dollars to be used for the restoration of the historic Light Station. During the five years, 2002 to 2006, the Coastal Conservancy granted that money to the PCLK who under the supervision of State Parks, used the funds to restore the lightkeepers' houses and outbuildings.

Happy first day of June and happy anniversary to the first lighthouse built on the West Coast of the United States!! On ...
06/01/2026

Happy first day of June and happy anniversary to the first lighthouse built on the West Coast of the United States!!

On June 1st of 1854, the first lighthouse on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay was lit, long before the island became a prison.

The first lighthouse at Alcatraz continued operation until 1909, when a cell house was built on the island, turning it into a prison. Construction on a new, taller lighthouse began in July of 1909, and the concrete tower was finished by that December. The original lighthouse was demolished soon after.

The newer lighthouse still stands today on Alcatraz Island.

Have you sent in your raffle entry yet? You could win a four-night stay at the Point Cabrillo vacation rentals!! Didn’t ...
05/31/2026

Have you sent in your raffle entry yet? You could win a four-night stay at the Point Cabrillo vacation rentals!!

Didn’t get your entry in the mail? Comment below!!!

Everybody say hello to Miel, the model in our newest photo!! 💕🐾📸:
05/30/2026

Everybody say hello to Miel, the model in our newest photo!! 💕🐾

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Don’t forget: this weekend is one of the few opportunities to climb to the top of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse! Because...
05/29/2026

Don’t forget: this weekend is one of the few opportunities to climb to the top of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse! Because we are a Federal Aid to Navigation with our historic lens, these tours to the top only happen a few times a year.

Stop by between 11am-2pm on the dates below to climb to the top:

May 30+31
June 27+28
July 25+26
August 29+30
September 26+27
October 24+25

$10 for adults and $5 for kids!

"What is the meaning of life? That was all - a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great...
05/28/2026

"What is the meaning of life? That was all - a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one."

~Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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05/27/2026

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Climb to the top of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse this Saturday and Sunday!!11am-2pm$10 for adults, $5 for childrenpoint...
05/26/2026

Climb to the top of the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse this Saturday and Sunday!!

11am-2pm
$10 for adults, $5 for children

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We love our doggy visitors at Point Cabrillo Lighthouse!! We have treats behind the counter and a water bowl outside, an...
05/25/2026

We love our doggy visitors at Point Cabrillo Lighthouse!! We have treats behind the counter and a water bowl outside, and dogs are welcome in our museum and gift shop too.

Share your photos of pets at Point Cabrillo using the hashtag !

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Bring the family and head to the lighthouse!Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is located between the towns of Fort Bragg and Men...
05/24/2026

Bring the family and head to the lighthouse!

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse is located between the towns of Fort Bragg and Mendocino, about three hours north of the San Francisco Bay Area. The park is open every day from sunrise until sunset, and the museums and gift shop are open every day from 10 A.M. until 5 P.M.

It's Memorial Day Weekend, and our lighthouse gift shop and museums are open every day from 10am-5pm! Bring the family a...
05/23/2026

It's Memorial Day Weekend, and our lighthouse gift shop and museums are open every day from 10am-5pm! Bring the family and learn a little Mendocino Coast history.

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See you at the lighthouse!

Address

45300 Lighthouse Road
Mendocino, CA
95460

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+17079376123

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