Between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay is the Pigeon Point Light House.

Although we couldn’t get close because of renovations and repairs, here’s a brief history taken from its website.

The 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872. Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. Now on display in the fog signal building, it sat in a lantern room constructed at the Lighthouse Service’s general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using an automated LED beacon.

Aside from the lighthouse, the coast is beautiful. Wildflowers were blooming and a couple was enjoying the view.

Enjoy this short visit.

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