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Battery Point Lighthouse is one of California's oldest lighthouses.
Low tide grants access to Battery Point.
At higher tides Battery Point Lighthouse is inaccessible on foot.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
View east over Crescent Harbor from the lighthouse lantern room.
View south from the lantern room.
View north from the Battery Point Lighthouse keeper's quarters.
A spiral staircase climbs to the lantern room.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
Battery Point Lighthouse.
A redtail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perched along along the powerline to Battery Point Lighthouse.
Tours are available during winter weekends, tide permitting.