[4] The original light was 600,000 candlepower and could be seen at a distance of approximately 15 nautical miles.

There was also a two-tone diaphone fog horn and living quarters for several families.

[1] The structure is the only pyramidal skeletal lighthouse remaining on the West Coast.

The LED apparatus reduces the maintenance cost of the lighthouse and is brighter than the previous light.

[5] The living quarters at the New Point Loma Lighthouse were featured in the 1986 movie Top Gun as Viper's home (played by actor Tom Skerritt)