Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Jon Sullivan

Point Loma is a scenic hill that sits atop San Diego Bay, in California, USA. Point Loma's well known landmark is the Cabrillo National Monument, named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing in the service of Spain, the first European explorer to see San Diego Bay. The Old Point Loma Lighthouse is part of the monument, where visitors tour the historic lighthouse that guided ships through the San Diego Bay from 1855 to 1891. Image File history File links Point_loma_lighthouse. ... Image File history File links Point_loma_lighthouse. ... San Diego Bay is a natural harbor adjacent to San Diego, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... João Rodrigues Cabrilho João Rodrigues Cabrilho (in Portuguese) (Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in Spanish) (ca. ... This article is about the continent. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Point Loma is also home to the San Diego Sports Arena (recently renamed the iPayOne Center), the popular rock concert venue SOMA, and Point Loma Nazarene University, the US Navy's SPAWAR program, as well as many hotels, unique local businesses, and the former US Navy Recruit Training Command / Naval Training Center, or RTC/NTC San Diego. It also has some of the most expensive residential real estate on the West Coast. The iPayOne Center(formerly San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located on Sports Arena Blvd in Point Loma, San Diego, California off of Interstate 8. ... Point Loma Nazarene University is a liberal arts university located in San Diego, California on the Point Loma oceanfront. ... A testing facility at SPAWAR San Diego Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC San Diego) is the U.S. Navys research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for command, control and communication systems and ocean surveillance. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...

Another view of "Old Point Loma Lighthouse"

Recruit Training Command, San Diego served as training grounds for new Naval recruits. Naval Training Center, San Diego gave the sailors career training. October 1996 these schools were moved to Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. The site of the Point Loma facility is no longer a Navy base. It is now known as Liberty Station[1], a 361-acre mixed use redevelopment project that includes residential, office, retail, educational[2] and civic, arts and cultural districts[3]. Liberty Station, developed by the City of San Diego and The Corky McMillin Companies[4], also includes a 9-hole golf course[5], a 46-acre waterfront park and a 100-acre historic district on the National Register of Historic Places[6]. Naval Base Point Loma, at the end of Rosecrans Boulevard, is still in operation. This is the home of Submarine Squadron 11, several Nuclear Fast Attack Submarines, and historic Fort Rosecrans, a former US Army Coastal Gunnery Facility of the First World War era, which includes the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and the USS Bennington Monument. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 143 KB) Picture I took of Point Loma for page of the same name. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 143 KB) Picture I took of Point Loma for page of the same name. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 0 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... A tugboat tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Midway towards San Diego Bay past Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is situated in San Diego County on the Fort Rosecrans Military Reservation, the cemetery is located approximately 10 miles west of San Diego, overlooking the bay and the... Dedication of the USS Bennington Monument, San Diego, California, 1908. ...

The most thorough listing of local businesses and a generally rich resource for local information can be found at www.ePointLoma.com.[7]

• Naval Base Point Loma History