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Point Diablo Light

Lighthouse · Marin County, California

Point Diablo Light located roughly midway between Point Bonita and Lime Point Light Station on the northern side of the Golden Gate
Point Diablo Light located roughly midway between Point Bonita and Lime Point Light Station on the northern side of the Golden Gate · Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Point Diablo Light is a lighthouse in Marin County, California. California has 52 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 6 of them in Marin County.

It was built in 1923, in the interwar years, making it the 28th oldest of the 33 in California with a recorded construction date; its light sits 85 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Iso W 6s (a white light, equally on and off, repeating every 6 seconds); the structure is built of structural wood.

Status check, 2026-11: A minor light: a small wooden shack from 1923 with a solar-powered beacon on top. No tower height is published, though the focal plane is about 85 ft. It stands at 37.8200° N, 122.4997° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1923
Focal height85 ft
Light characteristicIso W 6s
Materialstructural wood
Coordinates37.82000, -122.49965

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Questions

Where is Point Diablo Light?

Point Diablo Light is in Marin County, California, at 37.8200, -122.4997.

How many lighthouses are in Marin County?

Marin County, California has 6 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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