Point Cabrillo Light Station – Mendocino, CA

Point Cabrillo Light Station, located north of Mendocino, Ca is a gorgeous California State Historic Park.  With little planning before visiting I was wonderfully surprised by the beauty of the light station and it’s rugged, spectacular  location extending out into the headlands of the Pacific.  Hardly anyone was around in the late evening while looking to capture the beauty of the station and its out buildings at sunset.

The light station went into service in 1909, after several nearby shipwrecks.  It was absorbed into the Coast Guard in 1939 and the Conservancy took possession in 1992.