#56:  Cabrillo Landing Site

Location:

End of Rosecrans St, Point Loma, San Diego

Plaque:

State Plaque

Links:

None

Notes:

Only military personnel are allowed on base. Although you can get on if you know someone getting married at the clubhouse, as I did.

Plaque Text:

Cabrillo Landing Site

Seeking the mythical Strait of Anián (the Northwest Passage) for Spain, on September 28, 1542, Iberian navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo brought his three ships to Ballast Point, the first European landing on the coast of Alta California.

©2009 David Schmitt