Welcome back to Swifty Travels in this video I'm going to show you four things you can do in the
area of Point Loma which is a peninsula on the south side of San Diego and in my opinion has the
best views in the area. So we're on our way to Cabrillo National Monument
from Ocean Beach- you come down Catalina down to the peninsula that makes Point Loma and you follow
federal property navy property as you come down the peninsula and we stopped at a cemetery here
at naval cemetery to check it out and there's actually really stunning views from here
it's the Fort Rosecrans national cemetery
Fort Rosecrans was named after William Rosegran a union general in the civil war
this cemetery was registered as a california historical landmark in 1932 and it covers over
77 acres it overlooks both the san diego bay and the pacific ocean. The views here are incredible!
It was actually a military ship in the bay when we were there and they did ask us not to record
but I highly recommend stopping there and checking it out so this national cemetery
was actually a burial ground before 1847 and it initially started as an army post cemetery
in the 1860s it was the final resting place for many who fell at the san pascal in 1846
also for the uss bennington victims of 1905. this here is a special monument and memory
of the men lost from the uss midway they said it was the uss st low cve originally the uss midway
what an honorable final resting place for these people who gave their service
to their country and now we continue along catalina and we enter cabrillo national monument
the first turnoff heads down to the point loma tide pools
okay we lucked out with our national park pass we were able to uh bypass the line of
traffic and get right in the first stop is the tide pools and there was a sign that
said the parking lot was full we came down here anyway and waited and we did get a spot but it's
tight and there's a lot of cars so but people come and go so you can just wait for a space
it's a half a mile on the coastal trail to the next parking lot
okay people please leave all the shells in the tide pools so the animals can stay in their home
here's the entrance right
gonna go over here
there's several different areas of tide pools we just stopped by the first one
and it's windy you're probably having trouble hearing me but now we're gonna go
to the next and there's just really cool rock formations in this area all along the cliffs
the rock formations here are so pretty and they're layers
seems to be a lot of dead animals here
that one took a beating of some sort i don't know pelican maybe
color of the water is very beautiful today
these steps keep going up up and up i wasn't really expecting that many steps
this is supposed to be the tallest lighthouse or at least it was back in the day way up there
on the hill when i was reading about it next up we head over to the visitor center
so we're at cabrillo national monument and what i was able to read a little
bit before i came was that this is the spot where the first european
landed in this area in the 1500s juan cabrillo and they made a national monument for him
on the day we were here there were park rangers outside showing us some of the
tools and weapons that were used by the early explorers juan cabrillo explored
present-day california on behalf of the spanish empire between the years of 1542 and 1543.
make sure you walk out behind the park store for some incredible views
now straight ahead there is the naval air station
with downtown san diego in the background
and coronado
this monument was established in 1913 by woodrow wilson
the original statue ended up eroding over time due to the marine climate so an exact replica was made
from weather-resistant stone and was installed in 1998 this was funded by a local san diego resident
and now we're heading over to the lighthouse
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so here's the point loma lighthouse and what i do notice
besides it being quite windy is look at all the dead brush here you can tell why why
california's had such trouble with wildfires the brush is just so dry from the drought
up here at the lighthouse the views are amazing as you can see the bay behind me
that is right next to coronado island up here this was one of the tallest lighthouses
and they said it became problematic because it would always be covered in fog so it wasn't very
useful that's what i was reading about it but it's a great place just to come for the views
and there's a lot of sailboats out on the bay today
now earlier when we were at that cemetery there was a submarine going by and the navy police
actually asked us not to film they didn't want any evidence of the submarine doing his thing
so that was interesting but it has left the bay
they showed how the people that lived here used to keep a little garden for their food
this lighthouse was in operation for 36 years from 1855.
the location proved ineffective because there was heavy fog and low clouds very
often obscuring the light this lighthouse is now a museum for it was more than just
a lighthouse the family that operated this lighthouse actually lived here
the kids that used to live here actually had to row a boat across
the bay to attend school in old town san diego
this museum shows the simple way of life they used to live here at the lighthouse