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My Native California

Historic Point Reyes Lighthouse (1870) Point Reyes National Seashore

Historic Point Reyes Lighthouse (1870) Point Reyes National Seashore

Point Reyes, just north of San Francisco, is the windiest place on the Pacific coast and the second windiest location in continental North America.

Constructed in France in 1867 and hauled to this point on the Point Reyes headlands on treacherous some 300 feet over the ocean, the lighthouse served seagoers for more than a century before it was retired in 1975 by the U.S. Coast Guard and replaced with an automated beacon. However, National Park Service interpretive rangers still maintain the lighthouse and share its storied past. It could be brought back into service in case of an emergency.

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