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| Location | Point Piedras Blancas San Simeon California United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°39′56.3″N 121°17′03.6″W / 35.665639°N 121.284333°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1875 |
| Foundation | masonry basement |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Automated | 1975 |
| Height | 70 feet (21 m) |
| Shape | conical tower |
| Markings | white tower, black trim |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 142 feet (43 m) |
| Lens | First order Fresnel lens made by Henri Lapaute (original), VRB-25 (current) |
| Range | 21 nmi (39 km; 24 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
Piedras Blancas Light Station | |
| Nearest city | San Simeon, California |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic, Romanesque |
| MPS | Light Stations of California MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001095[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 03, 1991 |
Piedras Blancas Light Station is located at Point Piedras Blancas, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west by northwest of San Simeon, California.[2][3][4][5] It was added to the California Coastal National Monument in 2017.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Light List, Volume VI, Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2013. p. 3.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: California". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Central and Southern California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ NOAA chart #18700: Point Conception to Point Sur, 1/216116, 2003
- ^ Boxall, Bettina (January 13, 2017). "Obama adds six sites to California Coastal National Monument". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 21, 2022.