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East Brother Light

Richmond, CA · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationRichmond, CA (Contra Costa County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number5865
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Height of light above water61 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureBuff square tower.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 2/12/1971 · Reference #71000138
Position37.96321, -122.43352 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl), The sound signal can be activated by keying VHF-FM Ch. 83A 5 times within 10 seconds.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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