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Point Vicente Light

Rancho Palos Verdes, 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

LocationRancho Palos Verdes, CA (Los Angeles County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number170
Light characteristicFl (2)W 20s
Height of light above water67 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite cylindrical tower.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 10/31/1980 · Reference #80000808
Position33.74196, -118.41064 (federal record; not for navigation)

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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