I spent the night in a lighthouse on a tiny East Bay island. Here's how you can too
The East Brother Light Station is a compound of three buildings on a three-quarter-acre island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
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The East Brother Light Station is a compound of three buildings on a three-quarter-acre island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
The East Brother Light Station is a compound of three buildings on a three-quarter-acre island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
The East Brother Light Station Bed & Breakfast, located on an island near the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, offers 5 bedrooms that are rentable by the night. Or, if you’re so inclined to splurge, you can rent the entire inn for a 10 to 12 person “house party.” The B&B is a nonprofit, with proceeds paying for the maintenance of the light station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.
The East Brother Light Station in the San Francisco Bay is not a destination for everyone. But if you're looking for history, a bit of mystery and spectacular views, your boat awaits.