Volunteer

Join Us!

If you have a few hours a month and would like to join others working in the fresh air by the ocean (and who doesn't?) you owe it to yourself to consider joining our ranks of volunteers.

Volunteers at the lighthouse:

• provide visitors information throughout their self-guided tours
• maintain a gift shop
• manage and conduct restoration projects
• maintain lighthouse archives and website

Trained docents staff the lighthouse during its hours of operation and provide interpretation or gentle assistance for self-guided tours.  After study, docents-in-training serve several shifts with seasoned docents to make a smooth transition to active status.

A formal lighthouse docent training program begins each year in February and is run by the Central Coast Lightkeepers (CCLK) www.pointsur.org a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting lighthouses on the California Central Coast.  This training program will qualify participants as docents at either Pt. Sur Lightstation or Pt. Pinos Lighthouse. Training is conducted in the evenings at the California State Parks Headquarters in Monterey.

For more information about becoming a Pt. Pinos Lighthouse docent please call the Volunteer Coordinator at (831) 648-3176. Applications to become a docent are available at Pacific Grove City Hall.

For information about volunteering in the areas of restoration, archives and website, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .