Trail opens at Pigeon Point Lighthouse Friday, Lens to be lit on Saturday

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) opens Mel’s Lane at Pigeon Point Lighthouse to the public Friday, November 4 at 2pm. The Mel’s Lane segment of the California Coastal Trail will be opened to the public for the first time. The trail is named in honor of Mel Lane, the first chair of the California Coastal Commission, co-publisher of Sunset magazine and books and a founder of POST.  The Lighthouse is about 20 minutes south of Half Moon Bay on Highway 1. Following the event, refreshments will be served in the Fog Signal Building.

On Saturday, November 12, California State Parks staff & Pigeon Point Lighthouse volunteers will light up the original Fresnel lens at Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Park. It will burn for about 2 hours, from approximately 6 to 8pm.