One side of the Point Loma peninsula faces downtown San Diego, the other faces the Pacific Ocean. Be sure and visit Fort Rosecrans Military Reservation and its cemetery, the Cabrillo National Monument, and the Point Loma lighthouse (circa 1854).

Old Point Loma Lighthouse – In 1851 the U.S.Coastal Survey selected this headland as the site for a navigational aid. The crest of the point stood 422 feet above sea level and over looked the bay and the ocean .

The house was completed in 1854 and a year later a Fresnal lens was installed, the best technology available at the time. Because the fog and low clouds often obscured the light, on March 23, 189, the keeper , Robert Isreal , extinguished the lamp for the last time.