St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society

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St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society First lit in 1892, the St. Join us in preserving this historical treasure.

George Reef Lighthouse stands seven miles offshore from the town of Crescent City, on the Northern California Coast, near the Oregon border.

03/10/2025

How lucky is Crescent City to have two lighthouses!? Two incredible historic structures in our town!

Does anyone know the name of the artist that painted this iconic mural?

03/06/2025

A peek inside...

www.saintgeorgereeflight.org/fundraising

There's a lot of work to do at St. George Reef Lighthouse!!! Because the windows haven't been maintained since the Coast Guard abandoned the property in 1975, a lot of moisture gets in and makes short work of anything metal or wooden.

It's the mission of the SGRLPS to clean up this lighthouse and keep it shining for years to come. Join us!

03/04/2025

If you're coming in for a landing or taking off from the Crescent City airport, you just might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Saint George Reef Lighthouse from the air!

Photos like this really put into perspective not only how isolated this lighthouse is, but how unique it is, as well.

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The Saint George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society was established to restore, preserve and maintain the Saint George Reef Lighthouse and its role in maritime commerce on the west coast of the United States. The society's aim is to make this sentinel and its unique location available to research personnel, maritime history groups, and the general public to appreciate and enjoy.

03/02/2025

Helicopter rides are always fun, but a helicopter ride to an offshore lighthouse? Now THAT is a really fun time!

Want to make sure you're on the list to hear about future helicopter tours to Saint George Reef Lighthouse? Sign up for the newsletter through the pop up on our website: www.saintgeorgereeflight.org

02/28/2025

It is SO special to see the work of artists across the globe, featuring our beautiful Saint George Reef Lighthouse! Do you have artwork of the lighthouse that you'd like us to share? Send it to us!

🎨🖌: Acrewood Art, Pen & Ink Drawings by Wayne Bricco,

02/26/2025

Hold fast!!!

The winds at Saint George Reef Lighthouse can be brutal. If keepers needed to go outside onto the gallery in the midst of a storm, they held on tight!

Even inside the lantern, the sound of the wind would have been almost constant. You can imagine why Saint George would have been one of the least sought-after positions for lightkeepers!

02/25/2025

The only way on or off the rock these days is by helicopter!

We're raising funds for our next volunteer days out at Saint George Reef Lighthouse, but helicopters are expensive! If just thirty people donated $40 to the SGRLPS, one trip out to the lighthouse and back would be fully funded.

Even if you can't donate, just sharing our fundraiser goes a LONG way to helping us take care of this historic place: www.saintgeorgereeflight.org/fundraising

02/22/2025

It only takes about ten minutes to fly out to Saint George Reef Lighthouse, but it costs the Saint George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society somewhere around $600!

Your donations can help us protect the lighthouse and keep it shining for years to come. Join us in taking care of Saint George Reef Lighthouse: saintgeorgereeflight.org/fundraising

02/20/2025

Between the rental of a helicopter, labor costs for the pilot and flight team, AND the cost of fuel, it gets really expensive going back and forth between Crescent City and the lighthouse!

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Our current fundraising campaign here at SGRLPS is raising capital to bring a volunteer crew out to the rock for preservation. There is still a lot of work to be done to seal up this lighthouse from the storms of the Pacific Ocean!

02/18/2025

When was the last time you visited Saint George Reef Lighthouse's stunning first order Fresnel lens?

Stop by the Del Norte County Historical Society next time you're in the area and pay homage to the lens that brightened the Northern California coastline for so many years!

Photo from on Instagram.

02/17/2025

Now this is cool to see!!!

This incredible tattoo of the Saint George Reef Lighthouse was done by Star Child Tattoo in Brookings, Oregon. Amazing work!

02/14/2025

The massive structure that is the Saint George Reef Lighthouse consumed 175,260 cubic feet of granite in its construction. 14,307 tons of stone, 1,439 tons of sand, 335 tons of brick, and 272 tons of gravel were shipped out to the reef to be used in construction.

This lighthouse was built to withstand the worst kind of weather that the Pacific Ocean could throw at it, and it continues to stand to this day.

The SGRLPS wants to preserve and restore this piece of history, but we can't do it without your help. Share this fundraiser with your friends and let's take care of Saint George Reef Lighthouse together: www.saintgeorgereeflight.org/fundraising

Address

P. O. Box 577
Crescent City, CA
95531

Telephone

+17072731905

Website

http://www.saintgeorgereeflight.org/

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