Point Reyes (California)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1878 | Fl W 5s. W24. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 466 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 485 | |
| 1881 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
| 1886 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 619 | |
| 1887 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 659 | |
| 1892 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 856 | |
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 882 | |
| 1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 899 | |
| 1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 915 | |
| 1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1016 | |
| 1900 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 40 | |
| 1906 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 55 | |
| 1911 | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A | |
| 1914 | Fl W 5s. W24. fl 1. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 79 |
| 1930-1932 | Fl W 5s. W24. fl 1.5. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 261 |
| 1933 | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 82.7 | |
| 1945 | Fl W 5s. W24. fl 1.7. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 254 |
| 1950-1951 | ||
| 1952-1959 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 225 | |
| 1960 | Fl W 5s. W24. fl 0.3. | |
| 1961-1963 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 225 | |
| 1964-1972 | Fl W 5s. W24. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 52 |
| 1973-1974 | Fl W 5s. W23. | |
| 1975 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 | |
| 1976-1978 | Fl W 5s. W25. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 |
| 1979-1984 | Fl W 5s. W24. | |
| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 58 | |
| 1986 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 385 | |
| 1988 | ||
| 1990 | ||
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1878 | 1st | 23 | 296 | Light on a sixteen-sided wrought-iron tower. The keeper's dwelling is a nearly white building, 215 feet higher than the base of the tower. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 466 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 485 | ||||
| 1881 | N/A | White; dome of lantern, red. Sixteen-sided tower. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | ||
| 1886 | 296 | White sixteen-sided tower; lantern, red; dwelling, white; 215 feet higher than the base of the tower. Fog-signal buildings white, about 100 feet lower than the tower, on a cliff. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 619 | ||
| 1887 | N/A | N/A | White; lantern, black. Sixteen-sided tower. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
| 1888 | 1st | 296 | White; lantern, black. Sixteen-sided tower. [Info taken from the '1888 List of Beacons, Buoys, Stakes, and Other Day-Marks in the Twelfth Light-House District, Embracing the Sea-Coast and Bays of California' due to info missing in normal light list.] | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 659 | |
| 1892 | N/A | White sixteen-side tower; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 856 | ||
| 1893 | 296 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 882 | |||
| 1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 899 | ||||
| 1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 915 | ||||
| 1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1016 | ||||
| 1900 | 294 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 40 | |||
| 1906 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 55 | ||||
| 1911 | N/A | White. Pyramidal tower. | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A | ||
| 1914 | N/A | 294 | White; 16-sided pyramidal tower. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 79 | |
| 1930-1932 | 1 iov | 37 | White, 16-sided pyramidal tower. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 261 | |
| 1933 | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 82.7 | ||||
| 1945 | 1 e | USCG Light List (Pacific): 254 | |||
| 1950-1951 | |||||
| 1952-1960 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 225 | |||
| 1961-1963 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 225 | ||||
| 1964-1974 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 52 | ||||
| 1975 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 | ||||
| 1976-1982 | N/A | 37 | 265 | On steel pole on top of square building. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 |
| 1983-1984 | On cylindrical structure on top of square building. | ||||
| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 58 | ||||
| 1986 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 385 | ||||
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| 2004 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
| 1878 | A 12-inch steam fog-whistle, giving blasts of 8 seconds, at intervals of 52 seconds. | None | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 466 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 485 | ||
| 1881 | None | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
| 1886 | 1st-class steam-siren; blasts 5 sec., intervals 70 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 619 | |
| 1887 | None | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 659 | ||
| 1892 | 12-inch steam whistle; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 70 sec. The whistle will sound 5 or 6 short, sharp blasts and a blast of 15 sec. to warn the life-saving crew when vessels are in distress. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 856 | |
| 1893 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 882 | ||
| 1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 899 | ||
| 1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 915 | ||
| 1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1016 | ||
| 1900 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 40 | ||
| 1906 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 55 | ||
| 1911 | None | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A | |
| 1914 | 1st-cl. air siren; group of 2 blasts every 75 sec.: 1st blast 2.5 sec. Silent 35.0 sec. 2d blast 2.5 sec. Silent 35.0 sec. Siren sounds 5 or 6 short, sharp blasts and blast of 15 sec. to warn the life-saving crew when vessels are in distress. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 79 | |
| 1930-1932 | DIAPHONE, air: Blast 5 sec., silent 40 sec. Diaphone sounds 5 or 6 short blasts and blast of 15 sec. to warn coast-guard when vessels are in distress. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 261 | |
| 1933 | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 82.7 | ||
| 1945 | DIAPHONE, air; blast 5 sec., silent 40 sec. Diaphone sounds 5 or 6 short blasts and blast of 15 sec. to warn coast-guard when vessels are in distress. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 254 | |
| 1950-1951 | DIAPHONE, two-tone, air; blast 5 sec., silent 40 sec. Diaphone sounds 5 or 6 short blasts and blast of 15 sec. to warn Coast Guard when vessels are in distress. | ||
| 1952-1960 | DIAPHONE, two-tone; 1 blast ev 45s (5sbl). | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 225 | |
| 1961-1962 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 225 | ||
| 1963 | HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 45s (5sbl). | ||
| 1964-1968 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 52 | ||
| 1969-1972 | HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 30s (3sbl). | ||
| 1973-1974 | HORN, 1 blast ev 30s (3sbl). | ||
| 1975 | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 | |
| 1976-1980 | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates continuously. | ||
| 1981-1984 | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates continuously. | ||
| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 58 | ||
| 1986 | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates continuously. | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 385 | |
| 1988 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 2004 | HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates continuously. |
Historical Light List Other Signals
| 1930-1932 | None | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 261 |
| 1933 | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 82.7 | |
| 1945 | USCG Light List (Pacific): 254 | |
| 1950-1951 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 308 kc. a group of 0.5 sec. dashes for 13.5 sec., silent 1.5 sec. Antenna lead-in 30 feet 23° from light tower. | |
| 1952-1957 | MARKER RADIOBEACON: 308 kc (a gp of 0.5s dashes for 13.5s, si 1.5s). Antenna 30 feet 023° from light tower. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 225 |
| 1958-1960 | MARKER RADIOBEACON: 308 kc (a gp of 0.5s dashes for 13.5s si 1.5s). Antenna 30 feet 023° from light tower. | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 225 | |
| 1962-1963 | MARKER RADIOBEACON: Antenna 30 feet 023° from light tower. | |
| 1964-1967 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 52 | |
| 1968-1974 | MARKER RADIOBEACON: Antenna 39 feet 023° from light tower. | |
| 1975 | MRK RBN: 292 kHz. Antenna 39 feet 023° from light tower. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 58 |
| 1976-1978 | RBN: 292 kHz (  ). Antenna 39 feet 023° from light tower. |
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| 1979-1984 | RBN: 292 kHz R (). Antenna 39 feet 023° from light tower. |
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| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 58 | |
| 1986 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 385 | |
| 1988 | ||
| 1990 | ||
| 2004 | None |
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1870 - Present |