The Point Sur Lighthouse is located in Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park near Big Sur, California. This lighthouse was built in 1889 on a rugged rocky hill that rises 200 feet above the Pacific Ocean. Workers had to lay railroad tracks up the hill so that materials could be transported to the site. After the lighthouse was finished the tracks were removed. Therefore, the first lighthouse keepers had to climb almost 400 steps up the hill to reach the lighthouse. Once they reached the top they had to walk more steps between the dwelling and the tower, as they were located quite a distance from each other. The tower is 50 feet tall, so they had more steps to climb to get to the lantern room. Eventually a tramway and a road were built.
At the time of my visit in 1999, the U.S. Coast Guard maintained the now-automated light. The California State Parks Department maintained the buildings at the Light Station. Although the station was open to the public, I did not make the trip up the hill, so in order to get this picture I had to take it from a great distance and used a 500mm lens with a 2X coupler.
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