This light station is off limits to the public, but the toppled lighthouse tower is visible from Año Nuevo State Reserve. Año Nuevo State Reserve is the site of the
largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal.
Elephant seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals come ashore to rest, mate, and give birth
in the sand dunes or on the beaches and offshore islands.
The light station was abandoned in 1948 and the tower was pushed over in 1976 for safety measures.
