Palos Verdes homes owners can enjoy a day outside with the Oceanfront Estates Walk, and can also enjoy the Point Vicente Lighthouse tour on the very same day. The group will meet on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. (walk continues until 11:00 a.m.) at the parking lot next to the Point Vicente Interpretive Center located at 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West in Rancho Palos Verdes 90275. This is an easy 2.2 mile hike along the bluff of our beautiful Palos Verdes coast looking out at the ocean and several coves. It is quiet and peaceful and the trail is maintained nicely with decomposed granite.
After your walk, you can visit the Point Vicente Lighthouse which is open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m for tours. These tours are offered only once a month on the second Saturday (except in March). Here you will enjoy the beauty of the lighthouse which stands 67 feet tall and is one of the area’s jewels. The lighthouse beam shines 185 feet high and is able to be seen twenty miles out over the ocean. Point Vicente was named in 1790 by Captain George Vancouver for his good friend, Friar Vicente of the Mission Buenaventura. In 1979, the Point Vicente Lighthouse was added to the National Registry of historic sights. Admission is free to both the lighthouse and it’s museum. For more information on the museum call (310) 541-0334.
