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Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego’s Ocean Gateway & National Park
The Cabrillo National Monument: a 100 year old legacy of exploration continues!
The Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, proud stewards
since 1956, invites you to experience and help preserve the natural and historical wonders of San Diego’s own National Park.
It is through the generosity of Donor contributions that the
Foundation has been able to support the operation of the CNM
for the past 58 years. We look forward to the next 100 years
with determination, hope and excitement.
Did you know…
CNM hosted over 800,000 visitors from across the country and around the world in 2014.
Enhancing visitor experience is a high priority. Wish list: Audio tours, updated wayside
displays / exhibits, technology upgrades featuring video and web cast, educational,
historical and oral history archive opportunities, Cabrillo Journal publication semi-annually.
4077 students from Title I, low income schools were provided transportation and
educational experience this year. Some saw the ocean for the first time. In 2014 over 21,000
San Diego school age students receive education enrichment at Cabrillo.
Wish list: Create a traveling exhibit
The intertidal program at Cabrillo named “TPERP”
(Tide Pool, Education, Research and Preservation)
is home to Southern California's best intertidal
habitat. Wish list: Intertidal identification handouts and supplies.
CNM’s Volunteer Program (over 400 this year) received a prestigious National Hertzog award.
Wish list: Volunteer safety, education and appreciation materials.
The original 1800s Old Point Loma Lighthouse has been lovingly
restored and underwent a seismic retrofit in 2014. The lenses are still
cleaned and polished by hand. Several books have been published by
CNMF to document the illuminating history.
Wish list: The basement plans are to house sewing machines,
miscellaneous items and fabrics needed for the creation and
continuation of the period dress used for living history.
Please help enhance the programs, activities and preservation of
Cabrillo National Monument.
You will receive a 501 (c) (3) charitable tax deduction and make an
investment in the future of Cabrillo National Monument.
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Did you know…
CNM houses 21 well preserved original military fortification bunkers.
One 19th Coast auxiliary bunker has authentic equipment and is open the
last Saturday of each month to Park visitors.
Wish List: Military exhibit upgrades that are authentic and
representative of this important aspect of Cabrillo history
and the surrounding community.
CNM has one of the best preserved native plant
communities in Southern California. It takes diligent, hands on work from
volunteers and staff to remove non-native vegetation. We use our own
greenhouse to raise/grow plants native to the Pt Loma peninsula.
Wish list: Tools, materials, multi-media appl., developing native plant walks & materials
CNM has unique wildlife found nowhere else in urban San Diego. CNM monitors peregrine
falcon nest (see link to video below), studies unique migratory bird population found on the
Pt Loma peninsula and studies native pollinators (Mexican long-nosed bat).
Wish list: Technology, editing and sound equipment, software and additional nest cams.
Link to the falcon video we just made:
http://www.nps.gov/cabr/photosmultimedia/park-videos.htm
On the Horizon:
Tours that foster a memorable Park
experience. Several options: one on one
or with a group, audio or web based,
historical, educational and even
personalized programs. Topic areas will
include: Birds, Photography, Lighthouse,
Reptiles, Tidepools, Military Bunkers and
Native Plants.
Don’t miss: The Shorebirds of Cabrillo exhibit in the Visitor's Center December-January 5th 2015
Whale Watch Weekend January 17th &18th— Come see an impressive visiting whale exhibit
on loan from New Bedford. January—March 2015
In the increasingly urbanized area of San Diego, Cabrillo National Monument is San Diego’s Ocean
Gateway and protects the city's natural and cultural resources. Please help us support interpretive,
cultural, historical, scientific and educational programs and activities at San Diego's National Park
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CNMF Membership included with all donations of $60 or more.
Please mail in enclosed envelope, or fax to 619-222-4796
If you would like a meeting to discuss planned giving or additional opportunities please contact us:
CNMF; Gerrie Trussell, Executive Director 619-557-5450 Ext 4569 or email: [email protected]

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