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Point Bonita Light

Sausalito, 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

LocationSausalito, CA (Marin County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number370
Light characteristicOc W 4s
Height of light above water33 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite tower on building.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 9/3/1991 · Reference #91001099
Position37.81559, -122.52953 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). The sound signal can be activated by keying VHF-FM Ch. 81A 5 times within 10 seconds. AIS MMSI: 993692000

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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