Fort Point Light, San Francisco

Fort Point Light, San Francisco is a lighthouse in San Francisco County, California. California has 52 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 6 of them in San Francisco County.

It was built in 1864, in the Civil War era, making it the 6th oldest of the 33 in California with a recorded construction date; the tower stands about 27 feet tall (24th tallest of 26 measured in California); its light sits 112 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl WR 5s (a white and red flash every 5 seconds); it guards San Francisco Bay; it was deactivated in 1934; the structure is built of cast iron.

Status check, 2026-11: The standing tower is the third one, an iron tower built on the fort's roof in 1864 and shut off in 1934. The record's 1855 is the second tower, a wooden one torn down in 1863. The Park Service's structure report gives about 28 ft 8 in including the lantern. It stands at 37.8108° N, 122.4769° W.

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