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On The Road – Dangerman – More Lighthouses

by WaterGirl|  September 28, 20225:00 am| 16 Comments

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Dangerman

Seems like a fine day to share some photos and stories about Lighthouses that I have visited; as I shared last time, I became a Lighthouse fanatic a couple of decades ago (goodness, how time flies, even if I don’t; I’ll come back to that thought in a moment) …

… and, for today, I thought I’d virtually take us to one of my VERY favorite cities …
… namely, Crescent City, CA.
OK, probably seems a bit non-traditional as favorite cities go, I suppose, but if you love the Coastal Redwoods (check) …
… love hiking (check, there are all sorts of opportunities in the area) …
… love the ocean (useful, though not required, if you are a Lighthouse fanatic; not required given the State with the largest number of Lighthouses is Michigan (with 129), anyway, check)  …
… and, of course, love Lighthouses, well, Crescent City has two of them just off the coast (this will require some explanation as we go along). so check and check.
The two locations are the Battery Point Lighthouse (one of the VERY easiest Lighthouse destinations to reach in my collection) and the St. George’s Reef Lighthouse (one of the VERY hardest).
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Battery Point Lighthouse

This is the Battery Point Lighthouse (at high tide; this will be important in a moment) from the closest access point to the island where it is located (which is here). Being on an island is a bit of a problem …

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Battery Point Lighthouse

… but here is the location at low tide. Problem solved!

I don’t know that I’ve ever been there (and it’s been many times) where the access is completely dry, so I’m going to continue to call it being on an island and not a peninsula.

 

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Battery Point

One of the really cool things about this Lighthouse is one can volunteer to live there for 30 days as the docent (although I’m not sure that includes the winter months). I’m on the list for sometime in the 2030’s or 40’s or something of that nature. I’m not at all sure how trips to town would work given that low tides are when one would have guests visiting.

I didn’t take any pictures inside the Lighthouse for some reason (maybe I didn’t have my camera when I went inside; I don’t recall) but that video link I shared shows the interior well enough.

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Battery Point

One more Battery Point picture as this one has such a nice mellow feel to it. I should probably blow it up and crop it but … another time.

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St. George's Reef Lighthouse

This is the St. George’s Reef Lighthouse from the closest land to where it is located. I know, it’s fairly hard to see, but it is there, 6 miles off of the Coast.

OK, time for a confession and prepare to be disappointed with me. Recall early on in this posting where I said I don’t fly? Last time I was on a plane was about 20 years ago …

… and I have never been on a helicopter. Not happening any time soon.

OK, if I HAVE to do it to visit this Lighthouse (visiting by boat would be FAR too dangerous) , OK, sign me up …

… but the Helicopter service out to the Lighthouse has been repeatedly grounded at least twice that I know of in recent memory. Nothing safety related (thank goodness), just matters related to licensing and insurances and similar paper related issues. That’s unfortunate, as I’ve heard rumors that somebody wants to turn the location into an overnight location, which I would definitely risk life and limb to do.

So, no first person lighthouse pictures, but I do have a couple of interesting links showing others visiting the Lighthouse. They are here and here.

Yeah, I will be thrilled to be on THAT helicopter someday …

…but, it’ll have to be done.

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St. George's Reef Lighthouse

Here’s a photo from a commons area online. This Lighthouse is at (or very close to) the top of the most expensive lighthouses to build for obvious reasons.

So, one might ask how this Lighthouse came to be …

… which leads me to briefly talk about the Brother Jonathon tragedy (1865). I don’t want to go too deep into the details of that shipwreck as I don’t want to go gloomy here; it’s a fascinating story in many respects, however. The shipwreck was caused by greed and stupidity (maybe that is being kinda redundant) and more than their fair share of bad luck. The Brother Jonathon story in much more detail can be readily found through the Mighty Google.

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Brother Jonathon Cemetary

This is at the Brother Jonathon Cemetery in the Pebble Beach section of Crescent City. The passengers ranged from the fairly famous to those at the lowest end of society. I’ve researched the Brother Jonathon a fair amount and the reason why is because of the 4 heroes that saved the 19 survivors of the shipwreck (note the dedication). I’ve long wanted to know more about them but, alas, their names or anything about them is lost to history as best I can tell.

 

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Redwoods

Time for a more happy photo after the last one. This is off of Howland Hill Road, which is very easy to find in Crescent City and well worth the effort needed to wash the car afterwards.

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Lens

This is a 1st Order Fresnel Lens from the Saint George’s Reef Lighthouse. It, and many artifacts, from the Lighthouse and the Brother Jonathon, are located in the Del Norte County Museum in Crescent City, which is a very fine small museum.

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Battery Point and St. George's Reef

One final picture from Battery Point Lighthouse looking towards St. George’s Reef Lighthouse. It’s hard to see but it’s there (somewhat right of center).

Only location I have ever been where 2 Lighthouses are in the same photograph.

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    raven

    September 28, 2022 at 6:02 am

    Wowzer!

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    kalakal

    September 28, 2022 at 6:06 am

    Love this! Thanks for the post

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    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    September 28, 2022 at 6:13 am

    Battery Point lighthouse looks like it would make a fine foreground for a nightscape image.

  4. 4.

    Benw

    September 28, 2022 at 7:06 am

    Very cool

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    JeanneT

    September 28, 2022 at 7:07 am

    Great photos!  I don’t think it was ever easy being a lighthouse keeper, but they do stir some romantic chord in me, and I love to visit them here in the Great Lakes.

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    BretH

    September 28, 2022 at 8:02 am

    Lovely photos and great stories!

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    eclare

    September 28, 2022 at 8:37 am

    Very interesting post.  I think I see the St. George lighthouse in the last photo!

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    TheOtherHank

    September 28, 2022 at 10:38 am

    I believe Crescent City was the site of the only North American fatality due to the Fukushima tsunami. Okay, Google says it was 20 miles south of Crescent City.

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    Dangerman

    September 28, 2022 at 11:38 am

    @TheOtherHank: I’m fairly sure that was at the end of the Klamath River. 20 miles? Seems about right. There is also a stretch of coast just below Orick that is a good place not to be in a Tsunami.

    I think next post will be Pt. Reyes. Don’t have a lot of pics but maybe some stories (like looking at the stairs down to it and thinking, hmm, can I get one of those Helicopter things?).

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    WaterGirl

    September 28, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Beautiful pictures!  That last one captures what I love about being by the water on a cloudy or stormy day.

    *not meaning stormy as in hurricanes.

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    eclare

    September 28, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    @Dangerman:   I’ve been there!

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    Ruckus

    September 28, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    @Dangerman:

    Have been to Point Reyes. The stairway is daunting but not as bad as it looks. OK you feel like you are climbing stairs for what, a half hour? It’s very much worth the climb, a beautiful, very well kept up lighthouse, well worth the visit

    Anyone want to see how long the stairs are, go to Google Earth and search for it.

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    Rose Weiss

    September 28, 2022 at 12:48 pm

    Wow, I never thought I’d see someone say that their favorite city to visit was Crescent City! I live in Oregon, less than an hour north of CC, so I’m very familiar with all the places you mention. I agree that the whole surrounding area is gorgeous and interesting, but the towns themselves are bleak. The breath-taking coast and amazing redwoods are enough reason to spend time here though.

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    Origuy

    September 28, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    I love lighthouses. There’s a very nice one in Pacific Grove, the Point Pinos lighthouse. It was built in 1855; the interior of the lighthouse keeper’s house was restored to the 1890s, I believe.

    I’ve never made it up to Crescent City, I’ll have to do that one day.

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    Interstadial

    September 28, 2022 at 2:12 pm

    Thanks for highlighting a beautiful area that’s not well known.  The videos were amazing, including the views back towards the snow-covered Siskiyou Mountains.

    The best time to visit that coastline is outside of the spring-summer coastal fog season.  Most of the time during that season there’s a dreary low overcast with poor visibility at ground level.

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    Munira

    September 28, 2022 at 3:38 pm

    I love Crescent City and the lighthouse on Battery Point. I’ve spent a lot of time at the Crescent Beach motel. Thanks for the photos and the video.

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