Crescent City - Battery Point Lighthouse

A Street
Crescent City, California 95567
Del Norte County
Website
Phone: 707-464-3089

Although not included in the 1852 contract for the first eight west coast lighthouses, Battery Point Lighthouse was actually lit ten days before Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse, the last of the original eight to become operational.  Battery Point Lighthouse, like most of the original eight, was built in a Cape Cod style, with a central brick tower protruding from the roof of a one-and-a-half-story stone keeper's dwelling.  The fourth-order Fresnel lens in the lantern room first illuminated the night sky at Crescent City on December 10, 1856. 
How to get there:
The Lighthouse sits at the end of A Street in Crescent City. Take Front Street west from Highway 101 in South Crescent City. 
More info:
It's generally open from April to October and is only accessible during low-tide.  For more information about Battery Point Lighthouse, visit the Lighthouse Friends Website. 
Other things to do in the area:
Beachfront Park is near the lighthouse and also features a Disc Golf Course right along the water.  Enderts Beach, just south of Crescent City, is also a popular destination as is Tolowa Dunes State Park.
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